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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To those who saw this in others, what were signs? The friend I am worried about is constantly angry and irritable about seemingly small things or things way way in the past, and she seems to have a lot of drama with employers, and has left several jobs. When I try to ask what happened, she evades or misleads.

I fear she is bipolar or maybe schizophrenic… she clearly needs psychiatric help but she won’t open up to discussing it [/quote]

The anger and irritability could be the mixed mania that can come with bipolar disorder. That is what it sounds like to me, and I have bipolar disorder. I have rage quit a lot of jobs, unfortunately, due to raging unstable moods. The good news is that medications are effective. The bad news is that the side effects can be bad enough that choosing not to take them is a rational decision for some. The lying you mentioned doesn't really fit with mood disorder, though -- that points me more in the direction of substance abuse. There could of course be both bipolar disorder and substance abuse; the two go hand-in-hand most of the time (which I tend to forget because I don't even drink).

And ... gently -- please don't say "I fear she is bipolar." "I fear she has bipolar disorder" is more appropriate. [/quote]

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