DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR CHECKLIST
Think through these lists and see how many symptoms you or your loved ones have.
MANIA
- Energetic/driven
- Life of the party
- Over-committed
- Racing thoughts
- Talking more rapidly, loudly, and/or excessively
- Financially irresponsible
- Needs little sleep
- Aggressive, controlling
- Overly happy & optimistic
- Dangerous risk-taking
- Easily agitated
- Irritable, angry, impatient
- Poor judgment/impulsive
- Drug/alcohol abuse
- Grandiose
- Overly self-confident
- All-knowing
- Increased interest in sex
- Obsessive thoughts
- Inflated self-esteem
- Increased sexual drive
- Reduced need for sleep
- "High" feelings (bordering on euphoria)
- Provocative or mildly aggressive behavior
- Increased energy, activity, and talkativeness
- Mixed feelings: happy and sad at the same time
- Hallucinations
DEPRESSION
- Unable to enjoy pleasure in anything
- Little motivation
- Withdrawal from phone and people
- Sleep problems: too little or too much
- Inability to concentrate
- Poor memory
- Low self-esteem
- Self-condemning
- Sense of failure and
- extreme guilt
- All pervasive inner emotional pain
- Agitated more than usual
- Extremely fatigued
- Cry easily
- Physical problems
- Paranoid
- Pessimistic about future
- Hopeless
- Obsessive thoughts
- Disorganized
- Risk-taking
- Procrastination
- Inability to function
- Suicidal Thinking and Planning
