Bipolar Disorder/Bipolar disorder?

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Hello,
I was wondering if I have some sort of bipolar disorder or something else.
My mom has bipolar and my grandma was manic depressive.
There are some days where I'm super happy and on top of the world and then something will happen or someone will say something to me and I'll just go downhill. I will wake up in a depressed mood, and its not just like rainy day  type blues, I feel really depressed and down and I'll cry and feel helpless.
the only thing that makes me think its not a disorder is that these extreme ups and downs are triggered by someone saying something to me or something happening to me. its not just random.
I'm a female age 15 by the way
any advice/help would be great!
thanks

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I Celeste,

It could be a sign of hypoglycemia. Read:

What is at: Hypoglycemia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/what_is_hypo.html

The Serotonin Connection at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/serotonin_connection.html

Going on a Hypoglycemic Diet (search our web site) will often resolve the problem, but if it does not, please ask to be referred to a Nutritional Doctor, Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychotherapist. Use our "Search our Web site" for more information about terms you enter in the search engine.


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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

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BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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