My husband suffers from bipolar, when I married him he was not taking any medications or seeing his doctor and was functioning well for 4 years. He is currently in an episode (He hasn’t slept in weeks) . He volunteered to go into our local hospital emergency care. When we got there they immediately gave him a shot that had put him to sleep within 20 seconds. He was then transferred to a crisis triage center for 72 hours (voluntarily). Once there, no visitors, oral meds is not going over well. Now they are saying that he will be admitted to a mental institution on an involuntary basis. I am not able to get any information on him, since he refuses to sign any papers. Question..why are they not administering sleep by injection like the ER? He is obviously not in his right state of mind. Can someone help?

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I am 99% sure I have rapid cycling bipolar disorder and lately I can’t sleep; my body is so exhausted but I close my eyes and wait, and wait, and wait, and sleep never comes. My mind is too awake. I’ve considered the possibility of me having insomnia, like my friend, but unlike her, I can sleep for hours without waking up or even moving!
If you can give me some advice, information, or anything else useful it’d be greatly appreiciated!

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I’m 20 and suffer from bad depression and agoraphobia i’ve never had a relationship and don’t have many friends, I’ve also been told i shout in my sleep a lot and sleep a lot during the daytime and stay up late, I’ve been told it could be Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia i don’t talk to myself or nothing like that, I can mumble to myself if i’m remembering something though?

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I’ve been having major sleeping problems for awhile (2 months), I can sleep, but I haven’t been getting REM sleep… I’ll sleep like I passed out, but when I wake up, no dreams nor any rest… I’ll be exhausted. It’s been taking a major effect on my mood and grades and relationships. I went from A/B student, and since this has started I have D’s in three core classes… The last day of school is in 4 weeks, and I have projects due and end of course exams coming up next week… But with this exhaustion, I can’t think straight nor can I even focus on these important things. Ive been depressed, dizzy, and seeing things… I’ll see people and think they are someone else that I knew. I’m Iron- deficient and I’m Bipolar, so if those are affecting me at all as well please take them into consideration. Thanks. I just need to know what to do, I need help about this severely… Help?

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I never used to talk in my sleep until recently. It’s happened 3 times so far, and each time I’ve been aware of it. I eventually open my eyes and talk to my boyfriend but I have no idea what I’m talking about. It’s random things, he doesn’t know what I’m talking about and he’ll laugh, I’ll try and explain but I can’t so I get frustrated and angry and just fall back asleep. Lately I’ve been thinking that I have bipolar disorder. Could my sleep talking have something to do with it?

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My son is bipolar and the school has recomended that I put him into an inpatient psychiatric program at a hospital for an evaluation and med change. I am wondering what is the criteria for hospitalizing a child with bipolar because he is not suicidal although he does do some unsafe behaviors and is aggressive with adults, peers, and animals. He rages and is not stable on his meds.

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sometimes i get angry, does that mean i have bipolar?
how do i find out if i am bipolar?

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I have a daughter who is severly bipolar. One of my friends has referred to her as psychotic. Is psychosis part of the makeup of being bipolar?

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I am afraid my loved one is suffering from a bipolar disorder. He has recently moved out from home, dropped out of school and is heading south with his life… Could it be bipolar depression? How can I help him if he doesn’t want to be helped?

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I have been diagnosed with bipolar and whenever people find that out, they ask me if i have bipolar 1 or 2. i don’t know what the difference is so i don’t know how to answer… please help.

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So during depression, you might be a bit under par or unsociable at school or work, but when you get home you might be in absolute rages with your loved ones.
During mania, you would act silly and hilarious at home or school, and at home just stay up all night with racing creative thoughts.
Does this or can this happen if you have bipolar? I am really interested to know so please do reply : )
Does this happen when you have bipolar or would you act the same everywhere with everyone?

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I understand bipolar 1 and 2, but other than psychosis is there anything else that defines the diagnoses "Severe bipolar depression with psychotic features" from the diagnoses bipolar 1 or bipolar 2?
yeah, im diagnosed bipolar 1 with psychotic features. but also read up on this diagnoses of ssevere bipolar depression with psychotic features

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Im trying to figure out of someone is bipolar or if he’s just a really rude person. I have a neighbor who is bipolar, and he is fine when hes on his meds. Is it hereditary? Please no 3 day long answers. thanks!

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im wondering what exactly bipolar is and what it does to you? i read some things on the enternet, but i cant really get it though my head very well and i want to know from peoples opinion as well.

i also think that i might be bipolar, or just depressed
no, no one really says anything. except for my brother, hes always saying that im depressed or something. and that i never smile unless he says something about someone that i like, which is true. usually i never smile unless that person comes up in the conversation
well sometimes i get REALLY mad, but then when something funny happens or something i start to laugh so hard. when that happened, my mom looked at me like something weird happened

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for about two and a half years now i’ve been getting really bad mood swings. at first i thought it was simply part of being a teenager, but now i find it hard to believe that.
eg:
i’ll be with my friends having a good time, then suddenly i’ll get really upset over literally nothing. i’ll feel like i need comfort, i can cry, i can feel hopeless, and that no one likes me, that i can’t do anything right, etc. then, i’ll be ecstatic for no reason, jumping, laughing non stop, skipping and not being able to hold still. then suddenly, everything will close in and i can’t have anyone near me, any noise made, anything happening, i HAVE to get away, i do anything to get away from people, and everything is too much. i have these sort of severe feelings and more, and the scariest bit is they appear in any order and unexpectedly. could i have bipolar, or similar? what should i do to find out? im scared of talking to mum, but what would happen if i went to a counsellor?
i just braved telling mum…
she reacted how i expected
told me i didn’t know how good i have things and that i’m being silly, everyone goes through it
she asked me if i ever wanted to kill myself, and i said no…
you don’t tell the truth when parents ask you that, you cant

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