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Hi all.

Just a quick question - my close friend has been suffering from exhaustion and bad memory loss recently and has just taken a blood test for Thyroid probs. She is dating and her boyfriend has told her that it is more likely to be Bi polar as she goes from extremes (i.e impulsive requests to do things/butterfly mind/can live in a dream world) -I do agree with the things her BF says but she is in a panic as it's something her old BF once said which she refuted at the time.

She won't go and talk about it to the Doc cos she is worried about the stigma but also feels it's odd that they have both seriously said this to her.

I can see both sides. She does go from one extreme to the other, when she is on a roll she's great to be around as she really makes people feel on top of the world with her positivity and enthusiam but when she is down can spend a week under a duvet not talking to anyone..so I don't really know what to suggest to her?

Any help, gratefully accepted!
 

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With out going and having it checked out there is not much she can to to get it treated . But prayer can go a long way's . i will will pray for her and that she will be willing to seek help . If she would get help I am sure thing would start to get better for her . And there are a lot of other things that have the same symptoms as biploar with out being bipolar . She won't realy know until she sees someone .
 
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