Am I?

[secretx]

hi,

I've never thought I was bipolar, but now i'm starting to wonder...

can someone get it later in life?

I'm depressed alot lately, but sometimes I'll be like super hyper, and sort of talk to myself making little jokes about what I'm doing at the moment and laughing to myself... silly I know. Like I'm very buzzed, and have too much energy, so I can't sleep until I calm down. But it's like I can't control it, you know? Like i'm watching myself from outside my body, telling myself in my head to stop, cuz i probably look weird, but I can't.

Then an hour later I'll be back to normal, or feeling sad again.

 

[Alive again]

My manias (hypomanias actually0 did not appear until my 40's, although i had episodes of depression on and off through out my life since my teens and adult yeras, sever enough to be on meds short term twice. Otherwise I would say I lived a "normal" life until my mid 30's when the depression became relentless and untreatable, after about 10 years of depression then the manias began appearing. Not sure if this helps but yes, my Dad's symptoms did not become severe enough to be diagnosed until his 50's, but the symptoms where there just very minor and infrequent before that.

 

[Akathist]

I think you might talk with your doctor about your symptoms. We can not offer professional services here and diagnosis is consider a professional service.

I can say that most bipolar episodes last far longer than an hour. However, you need to get an authoritarian answer from your doctor not from me.