You don't say anything about manic cycles or excessive energy. If you are suffering with a cycle of depression and then feeling good that is called Uni-Polar. There is help and it sounds as if you need a correct diagnosis from a psychiatrist who can prescribe the right safe anti-depressant if needed. You don't have to live with depression and you don't deserve to.
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What causes rapid mood swings?
- Thread starter Lila
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i'm not sure how to explain it because it doesn't *always* happen... just usually when something bad happens or someone says or does something that makes me rethink what i had originally believed...
it is very difficult for me to make up my mind how to feel about anything, and it's even harder for me to move on and not dwell on the past. when something happens that shakes up what i originally thought... i dwell on it for days, weeks, even months... there will be days where i'm fine and can function normally, but in just one day, if i dwell on whatever it is that's bothering me for a long time, i will get so depressed that i do nothing but lie in bed thinking about that one thing, or that one thing someone said or did, trying to figure out WHY that person said or did that one thing... and i end up feeling sooo down about myself that i just waste the day away crying and sleeping. i get so angry and lash out at people because of this. but then in that one day, and during the time im feeling depressed, if i take my mind off whatever happened just for a second, my mood can switch immediately, and ill feel fine. but then i'll start thinking about that one thing and i'm back to feeling like sh*t and once again can't even gather the energy to get out of bed.
i mean, i know people get depressed sometimes, but this just doesn't seem normal. i don't know anyone else who has mood swings like i do, where they feel either really high or really low, with the moods switching rapidly and next to no in-between.
it is very difficult for me to make up my mind how to feel about anything, and it's even harder for me to move on and not dwell on the past. when something happens that shakes up what i originally thought... i dwell on it for days, weeks, even months... there will be days where i'm fine and can function normally, but in just one day, if i dwell on whatever it is that's bothering me for a long time, i will get so depressed that i do nothing but lie in bed thinking about that one thing, or that one thing someone said or did, trying to figure out WHY that person said or did that one thing... and i end up feeling sooo down about myself that i just waste the day away crying and sleeping. i get so angry and lash out at people because of this. but then in that one day, and during the time im feeling depressed, if i take my mind off whatever happened just for a second, my mood can switch immediately, and ill feel fine. but then i'll start thinking about that one thing and i'm back to feeling like sh*t and once again can't even gather the energy to get out of bed.
i mean, i know people get depressed sometimes, but this just doesn't seem normal. i don't know anyone else who has mood swings like i do, where they feel either really high or really low, with the moods switching rapidly and next to no in-between.
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cause we have to live in the real world and the make believe world both .. we all have rapid mood swings..... its normal...... deal with it is about all we can do... try not to hit anyone or threaten anyone....
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One thing that can cause that is Bipolar.
Rapid cycling BP is when a person switches a few times in a 6 month period. Then there is Ultra radian which can even be mood swings (switching) several times a day.
It can have elements of a mixed mania were there are constant racing thoughts, and so on which is from the mania yet still be depressed. For many people if not most I think there is a time out phase in the illness where a person has few if any symptoms.
Do you experience racing thoughts too?
If it was this then there are certain meds, they will suck but do help. Valproate and Carbmazapine are the old school ones used instead of lithium and there are newer far better drugs like Topomax. They have a far better side effect profile.
Antiphsycotics like Risperdal and Paliperidone can be great for quick relief.
Experimental drugs like calcium channel blockers, Gabapentin and so o.
It's seen by some as the worst form of bipolar, sucks ass.
Rapid cycling BP is when a person switches a few times in a 6 month period. Then there is Ultra radian which can even be mood swings (switching) several times a day.
It can have elements of a mixed mania were there are constant racing thoughts, and so on which is from the mania yet still be depressed. For many people if not most I think there is a time out phase in the illness where a person has few if any symptoms.
Do you experience racing thoughts too?
If it was this then there are certain meds, they will suck but do help. Valproate and Carbmazapine are the old school ones used instead of lithium and there are newer far better drugs like Topomax. They have a far better side effect profile.
Antiphsycotics like Risperdal and Paliperidone can be great for quick relief.
Experimental drugs like calcium channel blockers, Gabapentin and so o.
It's seen by some as the worst form of bipolar, sucks ass.
One thing that can cause that is Bipolar.
Rapid cycling BP is when a person switches a few times in a 6 month period. Then there is Ultra radian which can even be mood swings (switching) several times a day.
It can have elements of a mixed mania were there are constant racing thoughts, and so on which is from the mania yet still be depressed. For many people if not most I think there is a time out phase in the illness where a person has few if any symptoms.
Do you experience racing thoughts too?
If it was this then there are certain meds, they will suck but do help. Valproate and Carbmazapine are the old school ones used instead of lithium and there are newer far better drugs like Topomax. They have a far better side effect profile.
Antiphsycotics like Risperdal and Paliperidone can be great for quick relief.
Experimental drugs like calcium channel blockers, Gabapentin and so o.
It's seen by some as the worst form of bipolar, sucks ass.
Rapid cycling BP is when a person switches a few times in a 6 month period. Then there is Ultra radian which can even be mood swings (switching) several times a day.
It can have elements of a mixed mania were there are constant racing thoughts, and so on which is from the mania yet still be depressed. For many people if not most I think there is a time out phase in the illness where a person has few if any symptoms.
Do you experience racing thoughts too?
If it was this then there are certain meds, they will suck but do help. Valproate and Carbmazapine are the old school ones used instead of lithium and there are newer far better drugs like Topomax. They have a far better side effect profile.
Antiphsycotics like Risperdal and Paliperidone can be great for quick relief.
Experimental drugs like calcium channel blockers, Gabapentin and so o.
It's seen by some as the worst form of bipolar, sucks ass.