Im on depakote, a mood stabilizer, and it really helps me. I don’t get mood swings on it and it also greatly lessens the frequency and severity of my depressive episodes and basically totally prevents manic episodes. If I’m taking it like I should anyways lol.
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Okay. That doesnt sound like me. I get irritable but not angry. Im starting to think this is not a mixed episode. Just daily mood swings. I dont think im bipolar after listening to what everyone says. I think its just major depression. I get hypomania but it only lasts a day or two.
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It just seems like when i get paranoid it neans the next couple of days will be up days. Maybe a mood stabilizer will take away my paranoia.
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Just so ya know mood swings are a part of bipolar. I mean it’s normal for moods to change throughout the day but if you are like me and your mood literally one minute is overjoyed and confident on top of the world to depressed and wanting to die to pissed off and explosive the next that’s a good sign something is up. Of course I am only like that off medicine.
(Oh and disclaimer I am not bipolar I’m schizoaffective bipolar type)
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Im schizoaffective too. I think major depressive type. I dont feel on top of the world exxept occasionally. Maybe once a week.
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I’m on lamotrigine 100mg and current diagnosis is BPD. Lamotrigine saved my life. I went from constantly cycling between being the angriest/saddest/happiest I’d ever felt every day 100% of the time… to just feeling my feelings when they happen, in response to the world around me, which I could finally see. I was also very severely delusional with relationships specifically and it took that away. I can trust people now and for the most part I can understand what’s going on around me
I reckon it’s def worth chatting to your dr about a mood stabilizer. Do you remember what they put you on in hospital?
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They put me on serequel the last time i went to the hospital. Because i was schizoaffective she said i needed a mood stabilizer. I felt really good while i was on it. I range from content to thinking about death a lot. Im never really happy unless im on a high and just feeling positive. But that only happens once or twice every two weeks. Yeah…its more just like feeling OK to really friggin depressed. I think thats how ive always been. Id only get really happy if i was smoking pot or drunk. But i dont do either of thise anymore so i dont experience jot very often.
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I get mixed episodes all the time but it’s tamped down thanks to my meds.
Mixed episodes can happen with SZA bipolar type
My diagnosis is bipolar 1 disorder
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When I get mixed episodes I get agitated and energetic form of depression and my thoughts get jumbled and I cut myself. I have bpd traits and sza
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For the longest time i didn’t agree w my doc that I was bipolar type, I thought I was depressive type too. I think for me it was difficult for me to recognize mania in myself, because generally when I’m manic (hypomanic) I have great energy and am highly functional. I just thought it was times I was doing well. Until my doctor pointed out other things I also experienced during those times like crazy mood swings, irritability, insomnia, increased anxiety, impulsivity, etc. It taught me that sometimes our doctors see things in us we don’t. That said though we all have diff journeys. I hope you can find a treatment that helps you!
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Thanks for that. My doctor isnt big on diagnosis names. He just treats my symptoms as i describe them. Im going to be sure to tell him about my constant mood swings.
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Well. Today im crying. I went from feeling good to crying about how shitty life has become. Im just so fed up with daily anxiety that cripples me, feeling like nothing is worth doing, and paranoia out of the blue. Its just hitting me hard today.
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I’m sorry @pasteyface. Anxiety is awful. I hope you feel better soon
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