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Originally Posted by Luciferscorpse
I don't really have problems functioning nor do I get easily irritated. I have never had hallucinations nor experienced extreme changes in my beliefs in a split second. I have some minor problems with my memory though. I might forget what I was talking about if I got interrupted. I believe it's due to having irregular sleep rhythm and nothing more.
I do feel bored most of the time, but isn't this how most of us -teenagers- normally feel? It makes me feel helpless rather than angry though.
I'm planning on getting diagnosed by a professional in three months' time. I'll visit a therapist once I know what university I'm going to study in so I wouldn't have to change therapists later.
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I hope therapy will help you function (even) better or keep you functioning well.
Your beliefs changing very quickly—continuously—is not a necessary part of BP. But if your mood changes quickly and continuously and apparently not in reaction to anything, a BP mixed state, your beliefs might equally change rapidly, together with changes in mood. Even that may not be noticeable: mood changes may be more apparent and influential (that's what distinguishes it, among other things, quite essentially, from SZ).
But the strength of any beliefs is what distinguishes normal beliefs from delusional beliefs that we, those with BP (or SZ) might have.
Rapid changes in belief without changes in mood would be something you'd experience if you were to have schizophrenia, but it wouldn't be constantly changing beliefs, like in a BP mixed state.
As you're still young, it could of course be you go on to develop BP or SZ, but it's hard to tell and not necessarily very likely, given what you wrote.
It could be part of personality disorder. But there would probably be problems with functioning already. And it could be something else completely.
So if it's not BP or SZ, or a personality disorder, at least you know why.
