How do I tell my parents I'm bipolar?

Question

This is gonna be fairly long.
I know that it's usually confused with depression and my parents might not understand. It usually is genetic, my mom is pretty calm and the same all the time while my dad and his whole side of the family ont he matter have rage issues and drink, i do see him abnormaly happy too.
I start to cry randomly to the point where i start to convince myself i'm completely worthless.There's have been times where i started to laugh or smile uncontrollibly and my teachers have complained before. I laugh at stuff i shouldn't. I like to draw and i get these bursts of energy and inspiration. I can draw a drawing and feel like a genius about it but the next day i cry that i'm worthless and i can't draw.I can get randomly over confident and then to self-loathing in 2 minutes.
Then there's rage. I broke about 5 glasses while eating,my wall in my room had cds taped on it and now there none and it has a lot of ripped paint stains.I throw pilows (sounds so cool).
my mom complains that i speak way too fast and i speak random thoughts.I get these sudden bursts of energy.

This might seem like a normal thing to have all these feeling once in a while.But I have them everyday, sometimes once every 2 days.It's hard to keep friends because they get insulted easily by my reactions. At the end of the day i cried about 1-2 times and got yelled at by my mom for my attude towards everyone. I'ts tiring. I'm tired of crying for no reason, i'm tired of rage and smiling like an idiot.

I don't know if i have it so i want to tell my parents so i could get help from  a doctor or someone else who can check or diagnose that i have it.

Answer

Thank you for your support. I already went out and told her.
Well, she doesn't believe me. She said that it's just hormones, that i shouldn't be trying to find myself disorders and illnesses and it's completely normal for me to cry. Crying my eyes out for 3 months everyday is actually not.
For the suicide thing, i have only thought about it, i have way too much tow leave behind and i take note how it would affect peoples lives.I don't want to make people feel the same way i do.
From now on though, i'll start to not keep my feelings in because they can burst out at any moment. This isn't going to fix my problems but sooner or later i'll get a doctors help. It's my own fault she doesn't believe me , iv'e been hiding my feelings and acting and i'm finaly tired of it.
Again, thank you.

How do I tell my parents I'm bipolar?

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