Most people do hun Some classic BP signs include delusions of granduer (thinking you're a great actor or look ten years younger), anxiety, depression, being reckless with money, paranoia, mania (being excessively hyper or happy)...and lots more. It's a difficult one to diagnose because it encompasses so much. I hope you can help her, whatever it may be, it sounds like she'd enjoy her life a lot more (and you would too!) if she were getting some help.
I reckon get her assesssed if you can. Ask her to read the symptoms of Asperger's and see how she reacts. It sounds similar to Aspergers as well as Bipolar. My mum is Bipolar, my daughter is high functioning Autism.... they are very similar.... especially with the black & white mentality and taking things more literally than they need to be taken.
She does tick a lot of those boxes, although not the mania one, I've Never seen her have a manic episode...
MIL's best Friend is a trainer at c'link, she says that if we go in and ask to see a social worker they can organise a psych assessment. My main concern with that though is that Mum will think I think she's nuts, or that they will treat her badly- I've had a bad experience with a c'link social worker myself.
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Some classic BP signs include delusions of granduer (thinking you're a great actor or look ten years younger), anxiety, depression, being reckless with money, paranoia, mania (being excessively hyper or happy)...and lots more. It's a difficult one to diagnose because it encompasses so much. I hope you can help her, whatever it may be, it sounds like she'd enjoy her life a lot more (and you would too!) if she were getting some help.
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