We all experience changes in mood — but what if these changes are sudden and last for days instead of hours?
How do you know when your mood changes are a sign of something more?
People with bipolar disorder often experience extreme shifts in their mood — like highs or lows — that can last for weeks or longer.
This online screening is not a definitive tool. It will not conclusively guarantee that you may be diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
However, it can be useful if you’re experiencing symptoms and want to determine if additional help or support from a mental health professional is the right option for you.
Only a trained medical professional, such as a doctor or mental health professional, can help you determine the next best steps for you.
Bipolar Disorder Test
Instructions
Instructions
The items below refer to how you’ve felt and behaved over much of your life. If you’ve usually been one way, and have recently changed, your responses should reflect how you have usually been.
In order for the results of this quiz to be most accurate, you should be 18 years or older and have had at least one episode of depression.
At times I tend to talk or speak much faster than normal.
I used to be much more active and enjoyed doing more activities.
I sometimes feel very hyper or very irritated.
I’ve felt both happy (high) and sad (low) at the same time.
I think about sex more than I used to.
Sometimes I feel like I can do no wrong and other times I feel like I can do nothing right.
I’ve noticed a change in the quality and quantity of my work.
I sometimes find myself shouting, yelling, and starting fights or arguments for no reason.
I have moments when I feel bored and others when I have a fountain of ideas.
There are times when I want to hang out with friends and others when I want to be alone.
I go back and forth between feeling hopeful and hopeless.
I’ve had moments when I can’t stop crying and others when I can’t stop laughing.
Sometimes I can’t sleep at all, while at other times I sleep too much.
This online screening is not a diagnostic tool. Only a trained medical professional, like a doctor or mental health professional, can help you determine the next best steps for you.
