I’m diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder and I just have light mood swings. For example, after around 20 days, I’m feeling a bit more depressed and tired. I can assume that, in around 20 days, I’ll get more energetic.
The last time I had deep depression was last year when my friend died. I was also reducing my medicine doses and I read it may cause not just anxiety and depression, but even psychosis.
I think now I can be more consistent and able to work my energy levels. I stay away from a lot of stress though (I had to learn it harshly).
I wonder how are your mood swings. Do you experience deep depression and then, after some days, you feel euphoric again?
Sza depressive type here. I have deep depressive streaks lasting weeks to months, they come on fairly slowly and fade slowly. I don’t really get mania though
Thank you for sharing! The last time I had severe depression I got better in a couple of days. But maybe it’s difficult to consider as depression because I was grieving too much. The mood swings are my main issue. They’re light, but they still suck. Taking another medicine (as a mood stabilizer) would mean more side effects and more unsatisfaction.
I have SZA–Bipolar. I don’t get mania just a little elevated mood sometimes, which is my normal when not depressed. My depression has lasted years and my current mood changes to worse depression every 10 weeks and lasts like 4 months.
long long ago i had full blown mania. then i used to rapid cycle between mania and depression , now i dont really get any mania. I think i swing between moderately depressed and mild at this point. and negative symptoms. I have a difficult time differentiating between negative symptoms and depression because the symptoms overlap. I might feel what I think is normal for an hour or 2 once in a blue moon.
I have sza and tend to have a lot of depression episodes much more than hypomania. Maybe I don’t get much more hypomania as my meds are working. They used to last a few days and now on meds when i do get them its for a few hours only.
My depression is harder to beat and recurs almost every month or two and can last for months unmedicated but on meds they last anywhere from one day to two weeks or more.
I was in hospital three times over the last year for depression. Two times it was stress induced, but once I got severely depressed for no reason, despite taking meds
I am sza bipolar type and i spen way more time in depression than mania/hypomania. When depression hits it sometimes lasts for a couple months but the hypomania last for like a week or so and doesn’t roll around all that often. I am taking Lamictal now and that has evened me out to some degree. I still feel a little depressed sometimes but it keeps me from going over the edge.