Mood Disorders

Was I diagnosed? (mood disorder)?
I was in session with my psychologist and she kept using the words depression and bipolar and so i said "soo what do you think it is?" and she said "bi polar disorder" and i said..oh So my question is, is this a diagnosis? Please helpp? And give links to any helpful websites if you could : ) Thanks so much <3

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What would u do in my situation?
Ok ive been with the same man for almost 9 years we have 4 kids and well im 25 and he is 29 we have been haveing alot of trouble here latly and i need some good advice.. He has a mood disorder and takes meds but that dont seem to help he always yells at me for nothing says he wants a divorce but then wont leave.. He also tells his kids that there mom is unfit and that he is going to send them to state.. Or that he is leaveing and they will see him when they turn 18 .. What would u do in my situation???

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Headache with vision problems, help?
I'm a 22 year old female college student. I believe I'm decently healthy; I weigh 135, and I'm physically active for the most part (I walk to and from class; a 20 minute walk on a hill) and I play rec soccer at least once a week for an hour. Yesterday, 3/15/2012, I had this weird thing appear in my field of vision. It's really hard to describe, but I'll try to: it's a line -- sometimes it's straight, sometimes it's curved -- that kind of looks like it's moving. It's sort of like if you look at glass, and there's a crack in it, only within that crack is blurry movement, like TV static. I hope that made sense. Anyway, this weird line starts out small and in whatever shape, and it grows larger and moves up before it disappears. While this is going on, I have difficulty seeing things, but only in the area where the line is. This is only in the left side of my field of vision, and it affects bother eyes (when the line appeared I closed one eye to see if the line would disappear and it didn't). This strange line of vision lasted about 10-15 minutes and it went away. Also, during this vision anomaly, I get this piercing headache. It's ONLY on the right side of my head. It starts out at the top of my head (the right parietal lobe, for you health professionals out there), and at it's worst, it extends straight down to the front of my skull, down the forehead to my right eyeball. Coughing and anything else that involves some sort of bearing down (like a Valsalva maneuver) makes this headache exponentially worse, and lasts long beyond the vision problem disappearing, sometimes up to a few hours before it fades away. Now I thought yesterday that perhaps it was some sort of stress headache or related to a chest cold I recently recovered from, or even a fluke, but it happened happened earlier this morning during my 11am class. I'm still suffering from this headache right now, actually. The pain's severe enough to go from the right side of my forehead back to the rich side of my neck. It's like a line of sharp, piercing pain, and I also feel slightly lightheaded as well, though I suspect it's due to this headache. I'm an athletic training major in my last semester in college, so I've learned a great deal about sports medicine, but I've never heard nor seen this before. And the fact that this headache afflicts only the right side of my head and the vision anomaly only occurs in the left side of the field of vision leads me to believe that something might be going on with my brain, so I'm a bit worried. In terms of medical history, I've had one diagnosed concussion, back in March 2010, and a possible milder concussion last September. I've never been diagnosed with any mental or mood disorders, and I've never taken any medication for mental or mood disorders. As of right now, I'm not taking any medication aside from my birth control, which I've been on since 2008. As far as I know, there is a history of mental health issues: my brother suffers from schizophrenia and Asperger's, and my sister has a mood disorder. My father was diagnosed with clinical depression, but we believe that he probably also had some sort of underlying, undiagnosed disorder that lied in the schizophrenia spectrum, such as schizoaffective disorder. Personally, I don't think my problem is psychologically related; rather, I believe it's a neurological problem. If anyone has any ideas of a possible diagnosis or suggestions as to what I should do, like a starting point for me, I would greatly appreciate In the meantime, I'll continue to keep track of this, and I'll add any new symptoms if they come up. Thanks again.

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