How do you know you have bipolar?

Question

ok i have anxiety i worry about things i have no control over like when where in a restaurant i think everybody is looking at me or talking about me and i get sad allot there where times in my life i cant get over i dwell on them allot but i read about bipolar and i don't have mood swings like its says the only time i get mood swings is when is get my period then it goes away so do i have bipolar or not i just think its my anxiety

Answer 1

You're paranoid.

Answer 2

No you don't have bi-polar. If you don't have severe mood swings (not inc. periods) then you deff don't.

Have you talked to your therapist and psych about the anxiety? They seem to be troubling you

Answer 3

You would really need to go see a psychiatrist that can go over ALL of your symptoms and history with you!

Here is the diagnostic criteria that pyschiatrists use:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_dia...

Answer 4

It sounds more like PMS and anxiety, but you really need to talk to your psychiatrist and therapist about all of your symptoms.  

There are no blood tests for bipolar disorder.  Maybe someday, but even that day is far, far away.