Can you be bi-polar if you're never depressed?

Question

Alot of the time, I'm very happy. Like so happy that it takes all my strength to wipe my grin off my face so I'm not walking around looking like some sort of r****d.

However, I'm never depressed. I'm extremely happy 90% of the time, and the other 10% I'm fairly happy. It's not like I have some sort of fantastic life that I should be so happy about. I'm quite regular.

I've always been this way. Is it possible that I'm bi-polar? Or maybe just too much caffeine? :)

Answer 1

No you are not bipolar.... unless you are psychotic which is possible.

Answer 2

Bi-polar in a Disney kind of way. I vote for the caffeine.  

Answer 3

I think you have to have the depressed to be Bipolar.  If you are happy all the time, why are you worried about this, and asking?  I'm so jealous of you!  What is your secret.  I drink tons of caffeine.  :)

Answer 4

No,

not bipolar - no depression. Possibly just lucky!

;D

Psychology etc haven't really investigated the 'positive' mental states that much, just the dysfunctional ones, but they're starting too.

I have a friend sounds kind of like you, but who went through *one* depressive patch (for a year or two) as a late teenager, and then came out the other side into a persistent 'good mood' like you describe. He was adopted, but it turned out several members of his biological family had had the same general pattern. He says he wished he had've known during the depressive patch that it was probably going to wear off into this, but otherwise thinks it's great!

The only thing you have to worry about is if you get into severely Manic states (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania), because people with severe Mania can, in their euphoria, take actions that are severely negative on on their lives (spending all their money, gambling all their money because they think they will win, general risk-taking etc), but if you don't have that, I'd say you have nothing to worry about.

:)

Answer 5

Cut down the caffine, and be happy that you are happy!   :-)

Answer 6

I am not sure what is going on with you sweetheart but enjoy it. We all wish we could be happy all of the time unfortunatly that's not possible for all of us.  Sit back,relax and ride it out...