Bipolar or Other?

[Delexseor]

My mother has bipolar schizophrenia and I am scared I may be having the same symtoms. I get angry very easily and sometimes I invision myself hurting my husband at times when we get into an argument. I never would act out on these "crazy" notions but still the visions are there. I am affraid I have genetically inherited my mothers disorder. I really cannot afford to see a shrink and I wanted to know about getting some help to find out why am I feelling the way I do and why I get so angry so easily. I don't think I am bipolar only because what I have read about the disorder I don't know if I can say I have those same symtoms. I know somethimes I think I am going to be like my mother someday and I get affraid of what might happen to me and my marriage if I dont seek help! I do have to say sometimes I wonder if mentaly I am fully developed as well. I mean sometimes I still feel as if I am a child and my mother is like that. She acts as though she is a teenage girl instead of a 50 year old women. Please Help!!!!

[ILADVOCATE]

I have schizoaffective disorder and my mother was diagnosed recently with cyclothymia (mild bipolar). Researchers are finding bipolar and schizophrenia to be clinically related. That doesn't mean someone who has bipolar whose parent has schizophrenia will acquire schizophrenia though. Each person is different. Speak to a psychiatrist and explain fully what's going on and they could determine how to best help you.

[bastet56]

Having thoughts of hurting someone does NOT mean you have a mental illness. It is normal for you at times to be angry or frustrated and have thoughts in passing of hurting someone. It is only if they happen often or are obsessive that you may have a  problem. Try going through your county mental health program to help you. Often there are clinics that will take you  on a sliding scale. You can look in your local library for self help books as well. Good Luck