I think that I'm bipolar, what should I do?

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I'm 14 years old, and I have major mood swings. I have told my mother, because I think that I need help, but she has told me that I'm just a teenager, and that I'm overacting, that teens go through mood swings because of all the hormones pumping into their bodies. She has told me twice that I'm just looking for attention, and that I need to stop calling for sympathy. 

I am really happy, and laugh about everything, and I feel like I could move mountains some days, then I'm sad and I feel like just ending my life other times. I don't want anyone to think that I'm being obnoxious and calling attention to myself, so I spend a lot of my time in my closet. My dad found me in my closet once, and told everyone, and now whenever I'm sad, my mom says: "are you going to go hide in the closet, and think mean little thoughts in your head?" I haven't cut myself yet or anything, but I have gotten a knife from the knife block. I'm afraid that I will feel so suffocated that I'll just end it all. I have tried telling my mom, but she thinks that I am just seeking attention. I'm scared to tell her anything, but I'm also scared of what I'll do to myself. Please help me? What should I do?

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First of all, jus relax and breathe. You're mom is right just not her approach In telling you. You do not want to be bipolar and get medicated because that will just further the problems, the pills doctors will give you always creates 10 more problems u never had before and it won't stop. What you need to do is learn your triggers and learn to control it. Your triggers are what makes you sad or depressed or in an awful mood sometime it can just be nothing and you jus feel messed up for no reason and you don't know why. You only know yourself, so you should really sit and think, how can I work on changing this? Suicide is never the answer. How does that solve your problems? What I find best especially at your age is that you go see a councilor at your school or if you don't want to do that, find a friend that you feel comfortable talking to and will take you seriously because locking yourself in a closet isn't going to change your mood it will create depressing memories. Join a team, get a part-time job or try to keep busy, that's the only cure you have.

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If your concerned consult your psychologist or general doctor. It could be possible that nothing at all is wrong with you, as some people are highly suggestible.

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As a teenager who is bipolar with depression this honesty sound like normal teen mood swings. You just need a good support system so this won't turn into anything serious, a councillor or psychiatrist doesn't sound necessary, I would recommended talking to friends that you trust.  You might be surprised to find that they are going through something similar tobyou.

I think that I'm bipolar, what should I do?

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