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Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and...
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...you felt so good or hyper that people thought you were not your normal self or you got into trouble?
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...you were so irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments?
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...you felt much more self-confident than usual?
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...you got much less sleep than usual and found you didn’t really miss it?
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...you were much more talkative or spoke faster than usual?
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...thoughts raced through your head or you couldn’t slow your mind down?
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...you were so easily distracted by things around you that you had trouble concentrating or staying on track?
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...you had much more energy than usual?
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...you were much more active or did many more things than usual?
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...you were much more social or outgoing than usual, for example, you telephoned friends in the middle of the night?
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...you were much more interested in sex than usual?
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...you did things that were unusual for you or that other people might have thought were excessive, foolish, or risky?
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..spending money got you or your family into trouble?
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If you checked YES to more than one of the above, have several of these ever happened during the same period of time?
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How much of a problem did these cause; ie. unable to work; family, money, or legal troubles, arguments/fights?
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Further medical assessment for bipolar disorder is clearly warranted if patient:
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