I'm reluctant to ask this question, but I'm starting to worry. I am a thirteen year old girl. Over the past few months I've had mood swings that were pretty severe. Sometimes I feel like I have no hope for the future. These times, I'll feel worthless and useless. I'll have extremely low self-esteem and feel like I'm a complete jerk. I'll want/try to hurt myself and sometimes think about killing myself. Most of my thoughts will be insulting myself, and I literally have to tell myself to stop for it even to stop for a minute or two. I'll think about how much I hate myself. However, sometimes I'll be really happy or uncontrollably giggly for no apparent reason. When I feel like this, I start to think faster and talk more. I'll be really fidgety and feel it necessary to always be moving. Sometimes when I'm like this I act in a more extreme and direct manner than usual. Then, sometimes recently, I've felt just plain normal. Well, except for the fact that I tend to act on impulse sometimes and do things without thinking, but that happens with every mood I'm in. Sometimes my moods last a while, sometimes they only last a few hours (for example: today, I felt bad from around 10 AM to around 3 PM. At around 3, I started laughing for no real reason and couldn't quite stop). I'm nearly always tired because I can't fall asleep. I feel sad more often than I feel happy or hyper, and the depressiveness seems like it affects my life more. Some of my friends have noticed my frequent behavior changes. I know it's not PMS because it's been happening for a few months continually. Does this sound like regular teenage mood swings or like I might have bipolar disorder? (I know this isn't a substitute for a real diagnosis, I'm just asking for your opinion.
Also, when I feel bad, if other people think badly of me then it affects me greatly. If they give mr a compliment, then I don't believe them.
Also, when I feel bad, if other people think badly of me then it affects me greatly. If they give mr a compliment, then I don't believe them.