What is going on with his mood swings?

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Myrra B

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I am worried about my friend. He has a history of heroin use but recently lost his supplier - so he's out of the drugs. Usually he is an angel to me, even when he lashes out at others, but his mood swings are affecting our friendship.
I know he doesn't handle his emotions well because of his traumatic childhood, and he's said more than once that the drugs helped keep his head quiet... but it's painful to watch him so completely out of control and I don't know if it's all from withdrawal or not.
Is this bipolar disorder or could it just be withdrawal symptoms? One day I think he's doing okay, but the next he seems sullen, withdrawn, and utterly depressed.

I'm concerned. What is going on?
 
It is withdrawals. Bipolar will only be diagnosed if it occurs independently of drug use..... if the mood swings are in conjunction with something like...... no longer having access to your drug..... it is simply withdrawals.

It's not just depression that makes it bipolar. Mania HAS to be present. People think that recurring depression is Bipolar are wrong..... that it simply depression..... mania must be present for it to be bipolar.
 
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