Understand more about Bipolar Disorder through these sites.
- 4 Goes Mad: Understand Bipolar Disorder the interactive way
- National Institute of Mental Health
- PsychEducation.Org: More about Bipolar 2
- The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: Stephen Fry attempts to take the viewer on a journey into the extreme mood swings that he has experienced for most of his life.
Doubting your diagnosis
You think your psychiatrist is wrong, there is no way that you're mentally ill. I guess many of us have this particular line of thought sometime in their lives. One thing you can do is to look back in time and see if you can match your moods or behaviours with the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. Not everybody's symptoms are the same and there is no hard and fast rule to the set of symptoms you need to have to be diagnosed, but to give you an idea you can try taking an online test or check out the site below. Both are not meant to replace professional diagnosis or advice, if you have a doctor then listen to him/her, if you don't then go find one. If you're still having doubts after all the research, I suggest that you get a second opinion from another psychiatrist, best bet.
Books on Bipolar Disorder/Depression
Here are some books that you can consider reading to learn more about the disorder. If you've read any other books that you think its great, please share it with us:
