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Mood Swings
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So I've been dealing with some pretty major depression for pretty much my whole life, and things tend to go in cycles of feeling fine, then feeling low and so on. The past few months have been worse than they have for a while, but it's nothing I'm not used to.
The thing that's got me confused recently is that I'm having these utterly insane mood-swings. This morning I felt fine. By lunchtime I was crying in the one of the toilet stalls at work. By the afternoon I was sending pissed off emails to my boss. When I got home I felt like a god and spent half an hour doing endless pressups. By the evening I read something completely inane on Facebook and drifted back into depression... Right now I'm stable, but exhausted.
That's a shitload of things to go through in one day, and nothing I'm used with depression. I'm just wondering if anyone has an insight as to what is going on here? Today was an extreme example, and the majority of the time I'm stable (albeit stably depressed) but every few days I'll shoot to this insane high, feel incredible, then just drop within a day. Is this just a normal side of depression that I've not experienced before? Anyone else felt this?
24 year old male, if it matters.
So I've been dealing with some pretty major depression for pretty much my whole life, and things tend to go in cycles of feeling fine, then feeling low and so on. The past few months have been worse than they have for a while, but it's nothing I'm not used to.
The thing that's got me confused recently is that I'm having these utterly insane mood-swings. This morning I felt fine. By lunchtime I was crying in the one of the toilet stalls at work. By the afternoon I was sending pissed off emails to my boss. When I got home I felt like a god and spent half an hour doing endless pressups. By the evening I read something completely inane on Facebook and drifted back into depression... Right now I'm stable, but exhausted.
That's a shitload of things to go through in one day, and nothing I'm used with depression. I'm just wondering if anyone has an insight as to what is going on here? Today was an extreme example, and the majority of the time I'm stable (albeit stably depressed) but every few days I'll shoot to this insane high, feel incredible, then just drop within a day. Is this just a normal side of depression that I've not experienced before? Anyone else felt this?
24 year old male, if it matters.
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I can't provide any actual help for your situation, but this is about how my depression works, though not as extreme as yours. I will frequently wake up feeling depressed, begrudgingly roll out of bed, and then feel amazing a few hours later. If you can, it would probably help to see someone about your depression, regardless of whether you feel like you have it under control or not.
Yeah, this is what I first thought, too.
When you mentioned feeling really-super-awesome adjacent to these depressive episodes, my first thought was Bipolar Disorder. I suggest you read up on it a bit, and then try to speak with a psychologist to see if they can help you out.
Very much aware of them at the time, though I do feel pretty stupid about things I've done during them once they've passed.
I did wonder about biploar, but like Smasher says, I was under the impression the manic phases were supposed to last a hell of a lot longer. Frankly, the highs aren't even a problem, they're pretty awesome and having those more often would probably make the depression a whole lot more bearable!
I've spoken to doctors about the depression, but the only ones I have access to are terrible. They hear "depression" and just read out the standard script of meds, therapy, next patient, so the chance of getting time to talk about mood swings is not gonna happen unfortunately.
I agree with this (although it might not be what's causing yours), but I know that I was drinking caffeine to stay awake and after a while it got to the point where I'd be fine during the highs but when I crashed I would suddenly mood swing into a black and soul-crushing depression that had me on the verge of tears. I finally had to go cold turkey and deal with a week of migraines, but at least now I'm a lot more stable!
i don't say that in a condemning tone. just list your range of problems you've been having, make sure to note any neuroses (if any), and let the doctor know your habits
problems in your personal life, physical problems (weight loss, self multilation, violently acting out)or the risk of suicidal urges and so forth just make anything where you're not told to seek medical treatment altogether not that helpful. you can seek to be informed, sure! but when somebody is depressed, there's always the possibility of unhealthy procrastination that could go down a bad path
again, seek a doctor