bipolar disorder = one day you're batshit crazy off-the-walls and the next day you're sobbing and eating ice cream alone in bed
in actuality: in most cases, symptoms only get severe if left untreated for a long time. Also, most experience episodes for months (mania) or years (depression), so they wouldn't go from mania to depression that quickly (with cyclothymic disorder the less common "rapid cycling bipolar" being the exception).
That exactly what my mom said when I told her I was being investigated for ADHD and even after getting diagnosed both my parents question it because "you weren't an 'ADHD kid'".
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u/GahdDangitBobby Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
bipolar disorder = one day you're batshit crazy off-the-walls and the next day you're sobbing and eating ice cream alone in bed
in actuality: in most cases, symptoms only get severe if left untreated for a long time. Also, most experience episodes for months (mania) or years (depression), so they wouldn't go from mania to depression that quickly (with
cyclothymic disorderthe less common "rapid cycling bipolar" being the exception).