if you try to hurt your self is that a sign that you are bipolar?

Question:

what are more symptoms of bipolar? sometimes i fly off the handle really bad,i am happy one minute,then i get pissed off the next? the doctor prescribed lamictal for me which is a bipolar medicine,but the doctor also said he cannot diagnosed it right now i was just wondering if you could tell me ??

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no

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yes you crazy fkr

Bipolar disorder is generally when you have a loss in control of your mood swings, and they in turn go from extreme to extreme, sometimes without you even knowing it.
Wanting to hurt yourself is something else entirely, but may be linked. You should mention that to your doctor.

No. Bipolar is when you have mood swings that make you happy one second then all of a sudden you are angry..

Bipolar is not the only diagnosis you could have- there are other possibilities for why you try to hurt yourself.

Please go to NAMI.org, "inform yourself" and click on bipolar disorder to get a complete description of symptoms.

You may also want to talk to people on the bipolar forums.

First of all, doctors can't diagnose bipolar, a psychiatrist does, but if you have high ups and downs, then you probably are. Check out these two links, they are great.
Also it is rather usual for people with bipolar to hurt themselves.

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