How to know if you're bipolar? sometimes im happy, sometimes im sad, like everyone.

Bipolar myth+reality: Quite a few people (or their girl or boy freinds) 'think' they have bipolar mood disorder bmd and say this 'i'm in a good mood one minute and the next bad' or mention temper flareups. Bmd is way more than this: longer, deeper more pervasive mood shifts over weeks and months, from weeks/months of depression (see my answer for depression) and weeks of too high, manic mood, activity, "hyper" levels.

We all feel sad at : Times ; happy at others. Having a bipolar disorder is about severity of symptoms and impairment. A psychiatric evaluation could determine if you have a mood disorder. Mania or hypomania 1 may show aggression, agitation, v judgment ; impulse control, distractability, rapid thoughts ; speech, ^ libido, v sleep, spending sprees, high risk behaviors, elation, ^ physical activity or psychosis. When >.