Does anyone have bipolar. I think I might have it?

[Alicew00]

This last two weeks I've been so lethargic and can't get up to do the things I need to do like cleaning. I've had that randomly a couple of times a year for years. Not wanting to do anything and crying secretly at work. But sometimes I'm on a high I'm really excited and feel like everything is fabulous. Also spending way too much money that i can't afford. I spent my last bit of money on things I don't need I had plenty of food in but I've been like this for years now. Even my mam said I think you've got bipolar because of my moods.
Just wondering if anyone else suffers with this? And if it could be bipolar?

I'm schizoaffective bipolar type (basically means I have episodes of both bipolar and schizophrenia) my advice is certainly what your describing could be bipolar but only a professional can tell you and even then it takes time unless your sectioned on a high like I was. Start the ball rolling but be prepared for it to take a while to get answers.

I’m pretty sure I do though I have never seemed diagnosis. I’m going through a episode at the moment where I buy things I don’t need, I’m constantly fighting the urge to spend money on clothes and food, constantly trying to tell myself “I don’t need these things” but also loving the feeling of buying new things. I have weeks where I feel like life’s so amazing and then a week where I feel life is truly awful. I have never seemed help as when I’m down I can look forward to feeling better again (I know it’s not going to last). My friend has bipolar and has recognised traits in me. I also work in mental health so am well aware of bipolar and other mental health conditions.

I do. Similar story to yours. I seen the GP, who on the first appointment made an emergency referral to the psychiatrist, and who I seen 4 weeks later. Then it was 16 months of antidepressants and antipsychotics before I was out on a mood stabiliser lithium and given my diagnosis.

3 years later I’m back in work full time? My career is going good, I rarely take sick days, and have a manger who fully supports me and my diagnosis.