In the last 3 years I have been having some pretty crazy mood swings, usually constituting about a week of numbing depression where I have no motivation to do anything, followed by an often sudden return to huge motivation, drive and happiness. My last downer happened about 2 weeks ago and came about for no reason and I just lost all motivation to do anything, but I recovered with a huge boost to my motivation. At first I thought these were just rampant teenage hormones, but the symptoms seem a bit extreme to me. I looked up symptoms of bipolar disorder, and they fitted me pretty well, I also noticed that it has a tendency to run in the family.
Now here is the clincher: my mum is totally bipolar, she is fvcking mental, just like all those bpd chicks guys talk about on the mature man forum. Looking back into her family, her sister is crazy and on medication: she is definitely bipolar, her father was crazy and would beat our grandmother, my mum and her siblings, and a lot of the brothers and sisters of the family have boisterous and brazen personalities that clash constantly making rifts.
Now I'm wondering if I have inherited some of their crazy genes and am wondering how this will effect my life. I'm hoping my little manic depressive phase will pass and I won't end up being as nutty as my mother. I have noticed that ever since finding SS, doing weight training and improving myself, the phases have become much more infrequent, but still popping up now an again for no reason.
lol I know I sound like a whiny little b1tch, but I'm wondering if anyone here is bipolar or knows about it and can inform me and give me incite on my situation and help me to cope.
Cheers
Now here is the clincher: my mum is totally bipolar, she is fvcking mental, just like all those bpd chicks guys talk about on the mature man forum. Looking back into her family, her sister is crazy and on medication: she is definitely bipolar, her father was crazy and would beat our grandmother, my mum and her siblings, and a lot of the brothers and sisters of the family have boisterous and brazen personalities that clash constantly making rifts.
Now I'm wondering if I have inherited some of their crazy genes and am wondering how this will effect my life. I'm hoping my little manic depressive phase will pass and I won't end up being as nutty as my mother. I have noticed that ever since finding SS, doing weight training and improving myself, the phases have become much more infrequent, but still popping up now an again for no reason.
lol I know I sound like a whiny little b1tch, but I'm wondering if anyone here is bipolar or knows about it and can inform me and give me incite on my situation and help me to cope.
Cheers