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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you say more what made you think it might be bipolar? [/quote]

Yes, please share with us OP!
I am wondering.[/quote]

I don’t want to say too much, but he said he only feels extremes of either deep negativity or extreme happiness and that in the middle there is complete lack of feeling. He says he is most often in the negative space and to get through that he has to remind himself of the extreme happiness that will eventually come. He has never said anything like this before and he has always been a very subdued/cerebral person but also very rigid and black/white. He has said this a few times now and it has me worried. [/quote]

As a professional (not a therapist or doctor) who worked with families who had loved ones commit suicide, what would worry me is this.  It is that period when a person is emerging from a deep depression and starting to feel better and get energy back that they are most at risk of suicide.  The thought is that they know how bad the depression can be and they know it will come again but they don't feel like they can survive that low again.  And, making the decision to suicide provides relief so they are at peace.  Your son is recognizing this and so long as he can believe he can tolerate another depressive period, he may be ok.  But there gets to be a point where it's too much for some people.  Sometimes it is early on - I've had families with kids as young as 13 kill themselves.  And sometimes, it's later in life.  And it always shocks the family because it happens when they are on the upswing, not when they are really bad.

In my previous post, I suggested frequent check ins and getting contact information for those with whom he surrounds himself and your recent post makes me want to reiterate that suggestion.  [/quote]

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