manic depression symptoms uk

s. Therefore i thought if i am free from depression then i will not take any AD so i will never become manic. But strange i am void of depression for a year now, yet i began to go up without any AD. Which frightens me. is it possible i changed from BP2 to BP1 or what. I always had the impression that i am a soft bipolar i.e. never went to a hospital and my drugs are all AP's.

There are also a gazillion other weird symptoms that go with each of the states (depression, mania, hypomania, mixed episode). It's really complicated and there are different types of bipolar and each person is different. Personally when I'm depressed I'm REALLY depressed and suicidal and I get physical symptoms (digestive and muscular) and I hallucinate.

Well there are several types of depression, major depression, chronic depression, bipolar manic depression as examples. Symptoms of depression can include an extreme feeling of sadness, sometimes you can’t sleep or you sleep too much, you cant concentrate, you feel hopeless, you have negative thoughts that you cant control no matter how much you try! you can lose your appetite or sometimes you even gain appetite. You can be easily irritated.

I have made the internet my best friend when it comes to finding out about my Bi-Polar/Manic Depression. Medications, symptoms, different types of episodes and every other question i have. I have been dealing with this for 16 yrs and treating it for most of that. I still have questions that are unanswered, and med's that don't work. Not to mention i still ride the roller coaster every day with not real cure.

Some mood stabilizers treat mania more easily than depression (although Lamictal generally treats depression well) but each person responds differently to each medication. If his psychiatrist doesn't have any more ideas you could seek a secnd opinion but ask them what might be the appropriate next step within their clinical discretion. Also note the use of medication and dosage are different for a younger person and you could discuss this with the psychiatrist as well.

is there any way of overcoming the manic depression problem? i have been experiencing depression for as long as i can remember. i think it all has to do with my loving uncle passed away when i was young, my biological father not being around since i was 4, having a stepdad raise me and my sister, my mom being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, ect. there has been a number of tramatic events in my life that may have caused this depression. can anyone help this far into depression?

You may rapid cycle after a while. I can't tell because all of us cycle differently. The depression could and probably will be severe but you can make it through it. Time slows down when you are depressed, well I don't have to tell you anything about depression. If you haven't fell into manic depression in a while I will give you some tips that I have figured out. The manic depression will pass.

Been bipolar for most of my life but did not understand it. have been manic since jan 2010 and it could'nt have come at a better time. my spouse is ill and had to get her through it. I'm concerned that this episode will end and i will go back to being depressed again. Are there any steps to take to avoid another mood swing?

As others here have commented, a real psychotic episode, which is a very serious event, must occur in order for their to be a true 'bipolar I' diagnosis. The diagnostic 'bar' for labling someone as 'manic depressive' must be high, because of the risks of the medications that are needed to control this illness, among other factors.

The longest my manic episode has gone on for is 3-4 months this year till now. Half the time I didnt even know I was in a manic state until it all started going downhill, then I back tracked and realised that it all started from a bit of excitement.

And yes, some people do go back to normal on their own eventually, although others flip flop with no middle or have swinging gradients between depression, mixed states, and manias. Other people are manic for years, either constantly or intermittently, without ever having touched drugs (while drug abuse is a common problem/symptom in BP I, there are plenty of people who don't have that particular symptom and are still really manic).

Hi and I'm sorry your feeling you've gone backwards recently. I have rapid cycling bipolar and Adhd but I have had a lot of combinations of medications I have tried, a couple helped me not cycle so often for a time then we found that they were becoming less effective and eventually after trying increases we had to find an alternative combination.

I have been smoking weed, even with my Manic Depression, and Its not affecting me any differently than it has when I was smoking Quarter (.25 of an Ounce) Before I was diagnosed, should I stop or May I Continue...?

Hypomania is not as intense as mania. For example, you may be pacing, full of energy, talking fast, and racing thoughts, but at the same time you are not a complete ball of energy. Like you may just be much more energetic but not necessarily clean the whole house at 2:00 a.m. You just don't go up as high. I have hypomania and not mania. Psychosis can happen sort of any time, from what I understand, either in deperssion or mania. I would ask these questions of your doctor, too.

15am UK time ) and im not even interested in shutting my eyes. I dont understand how i went from crying all day yesterday and the day before to pure racing mind, wanting to stay up (basically think sleep is a huge waste of time in this case) and not being able to stay still. Im in bed now but i cant stay still inside it. Its kind of uncomfortable at the moment, the whole buzzed feeling circulating inside my body. Im currently taking 500mh depakote.

I posted a similar message on the depression forum but thought perhaps I should post on here as well. I have sypmtoms which sound similar to both depression and bi polar. Ive been like it for years, although Im 'ok' for long periods of time. My mood swings can last hours, days or weeks and Im driving myself crazy! I I can swing from happy to sad to angry to irritable and everything in between within the course of a day.

Those were all the things I did when i was going manic, if you arent into that category id talk about anti depression meds instead of a mood stablizer...although anti depression meds are pretty harsh , to me anyways...

Many of us on this board have some kind of mental illness, wether it be depression, PTSD, Manic-Depression or other. Manic-Depression comes in many sizes and is different with everyone.

Too much pain will cause me to go depressed. I can also go manic from zoloft but I am put on it sometimes to pull me out of manic depression. Tha is the only reason they will put me on it and they will only keep me on it until I start going manic because that is the opposite of manic depression. Even will all that I can have breakthroughs of mania or depression involuntary. S to answer your question all of us are different with different cycle of mania and depression.

Drugs like amphetamines can in some cases worsen existing mania, or bring it out in people predisposed to becoming manic; these drugs an also mimic the symptoms of a manic episode if taken in a great enough quantity (less need for sleep, racing thoughts, sometimes even psychosis, etc.), so what you've been experiencing could be caused by any number of things.

I think I may be suffering from the manic depression side of bipolar!!! The only symptom i do not posess is the hallucinations and the violence (well not towards humans or animals anyway) although i do tend to throw soft objects such as teddies around!!! My mother had bipolar all of her life (the manic depressive side). I dont know when my next outburst is going to be.

My father has Manic Depression/ Bipolar Disorder his first Manic episode that he went in the hospital for was at age 24. I know that I don't have extream case of Manic like my father does because I am aware of what I do. Unlike my father who is not aware and when he is Manic he thinks that it is normal behavior and after is Manic he does not remember. I have been depressed for 3 months straight now some days a better than others but I find myself depressed durning the day.

Ladvocate i haver been on this forum not for a long time but been watching your post all the way, and this is the the shortest comment you have written...lol...well i am manic stage now so i take it positevely...sitting with a friend now and she tells me to shut up , but i just CANT u know what i mean!!!!!! i ahve a million thought running through my head now! and i took double dose of my meds now! doesnt help! i love it and hate it! Puddin9!

Do you experience manic and depressive symptoms alternating, like you are cycling super rapidly, or do you experience manic and depressive symptoms simultaneously? Just curious. I feel them simultaneously. I do rapid cycle in a matter of 3 days up, 3 days down, where the symptoms are separate.

Some have more of the aspect of depression with occassional manic episodes. I have schizoaffective and have experienced the bipolar aspect of it but someone who has straight bipolar could explain more. However, I am familiar with the experience. What you are likely experiencing is rapid cycling, going from manic to depressed in a short period of time. That's extremely common. Also if you have anxiety disorder as well or that's part of the bipolar it could set off a manic episode.

Sometimes 1 can be worse than 2 and vice versa depending on the severity of the symptoms in either of them. In 2 depression is dominant and can be severe to the extent that even ECT helps a little. On the contrary in 1 psychosis and mania is dominant hurting the brain tremendously. Some pdocs say (though I don't believe in it) that BP 1 can change into 2 when the more episodes the person has.

I have no ambition. I think about suicide. I'm passive, unhappy, and I feel stupid. I have a hard time concentrating too. Is this all bipolar disorder?

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