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no, if you have bipolar you were born with it. The symptoms usually start to show when major stressors or triggers arise during a lifetime. Mostly in the teenage years.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo. Most people are born with it, but even if you aren't, you can't "suddenly" have it. Bipolar is often misdiagnosed, so you might feel as if it came out of nowhere.
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What might a person who was severely depressed is suddenly happy and carefree indicate?
He/she has a Bipolar mentallity
Is there such a thing as bipolar-induced psychosis?
Some people become psychotic during manic episodes of bipolar disorder.
Can bipolar disorder misunderstand feelings?
Yes, more then a someone with our bipolar disorder but, anyone can misunderstand their own feellings.
You want to chat to someone with bipolar disorder?
I have bipolar if you want to talk to me. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/User:22Chika22
What can someone with bipolar do?
They will say at a manic state,"anything ". And they can do everything a non bipolar person can do also, often better!!
Could someone diagnosed with bipolar steal and not remember?
no!
When did bipolar disorder first become known as a psychological disorder?
Hippocrates describes it although he does not call it bipolar, that term is recent.
Can someone with bipolar disorder develop another disorder?
yes
Are there limitatons on life insurance for someone with bipolar disorder?
Yes
How could a family member support someone with bipolar?
they can poke them
Is bipolar disorder in one parent inherited by offspring?
Yes. Children with one bipolar parent have a 30% chance of developing bipolar disorder. Even children of bipolar parents who do not develop bipolar disorder are at increased risk (compared to children who do not have a bipolar parent) for other psychopathology such as ADHD, learning disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, etc. Children with two bipolar parents are at an even greater risk of developing bipolar disorder.
Can someone without any pior history of mental illness just overnight get to be bipolar?
Bipolar isn't something you 'catch'. It is present from conception, but generally doesn't manifest itself until the mid teens to early twenties. And it's impossible to become bipolar 'overnight'; it cannot generally be diagnosed until there has been one or more of both phases, manic and depressive.
