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Posted by starfox on June 3, 2007, at 14:04:48
Hi All,
As some of you may or may not know I have recently spilt from my girlfriend after 5 yrs and am very depressed at present and finding it hard to cope with life right now. I have struggled with depression and early morning awakenings for around 3-4 years but over the course of the last year especially the last 6 months I have been having serious mood swings which have been become progessively worse. I go through a range of emotions everyday from deep sadness and depression to thoughts of elation and expectation. For example for much of the day today I felt extremeley depressed with thoughts of suicide(which i would never carry out because im to scared of dying!) and then about 1 hour ago and still now as I write this post I feel somewhat euphoric with thoughts being very positive, like get myself together, clean my flat, ring up my mum, give someone a hug, go for a jog, you get the idea!!. I feel like im having a huge surge of positive energy sweep over me(and no im not high on any drugs!). It's the mirror opposite of how I felt this morning and for much of the day. But I know at any given moment this mood will all of a sudden sink right back to the black hole of depression with a negative pattern of thought and despair. These dramatic mood swings are driving me crazy and I feel like I just dont know who I am anymore and It scares me, just like it scared my ex-girlfriend. Fits of rage and anger, sorrow, then happiness. What is happening to me. I am seeing my doctor on june 11th so I will print this post and show it to her to see what she makes of it. Also I have strange vivid dreams at night then always wake up too early in the morning and cant get back to sleep. This happens every night and morning, I know and understand that most babblers on these forums are no doctors but do I have Bipolar depression??.
Posted by Squiggles on June 3, 2007, at 15:37:15
In reply to Am I Bipolar?, posted by starfox on June 3, 2007, at 14:04:48
Good luck with your doctor's appointment.
Sometimes the diagnosis is made on the
basis of your response to a drug.Good luck and take care until then.
Squiggles
Posted by Phillipa on June 3, 2007, at 15:48:19
In reply to Re: Am I Bipolar?, posted by Squiggles on June 3, 2007, at 15:37:15
Not sure as you say you get depressed again later. Some depressions are early wakenings and feeling crummy as the day goes on you feel better kind of psych yourself up and do things then crash. If you are then I am too. Keep us posted okay? Love Phillipa
Posted by starfox on June 3, 2007, at 15:59:58
In reply to Re: Am I Bipolar?, posted by Phillipa on June 3, 2007, at 15:48:19
I will do phillipa x
Posted by Racer on June 3, 2007, at 20:47:25
In reply to Am I Bipolar?, posted by starfox on June 3, 2007, at 14:04:48
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-md02.html#BP1Mix
That sounds like a mixed episode, which is one option for bipolar...
Posted by Sandra62 on June 4, 2007, at 13:01:14
In reply to Am I Bipolar?, posted by starfox on June 3, 2007, at 14:04:48
The following is the site that brought it all home for me. See "What Are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder". Do they ring true for you?
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm
Sending you loads of hugs.
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