Depression symptoms bipolar patients

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Avatar m tn Heres something i was reading and will hopefully rest ur weary minds about going insane and all k.. Common anxiety and clinical depression are types of "neurosis”. Psychosis is the term for a mental disorder that causes a person to lose touch with reality and that may cause them to have hallucinations and delusions. Mental disorders that are in the psychosis category include bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Avatar f tn t click with, and the second one I found out too often diagnoses her patients as being bipolar. Which she did to me. I didn't like hearing that most her her patients "were bipolar", so I switched again. My current counselor just said I have very deep depression and some anxiety. If you find you have depression, have loved ones look after you after the baby. You could get PPD.
Avatar f tn I suffer from anxiety and self diagnosed depression. Some days I can be full on happy for no reason and some days I feel really depressed. Sometimes I wake up feeling majorly depressed and two hours later I will be fine? I am guilty of self harm and I used to do it all the time, but recently I stopped (2-3 months) and I was really happy. A few weeks ago I started getting very anxious and depressed again and I hurt myself again.
Avatar m tn m sorry you had to suffer though, maybe you could work to educate people on the differences between depression and bipolar and how you got worse when treated for bipolar. I am being treated for bipolar II and nothing helps, sometimes I do get worse. Can you tell me what did help you?
Avatar m tn 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.
1003993 tn?1250729379 Bipolar is way overdiagnosed by psychiatrists. There's a "new" type, bipolar 2, that probably doesn't exist, and most likely comes about because of side effects of withdrawal from other medications. On the other hand, yes, bipolar patients can be extremely anxious. You need a good psychiatrist who will listen and understands the difference between the normal mood swings of life, especially the anxious life, and the outsized mood swings of bipolar disease.
Avatar f tn does thyroid have any thing to do with being bipolar ? or vise versa i have had severe depression mania and one phycosis episode and medication seems to make me worse it does nothing for me my thyroid never seems to b right on synthroid from tsh levels being really high to real low just curious any suggestions?
1985196 tn?1402190098 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.
Avatar n tn I am a 30 year old woman. I was diagnosed recently with depression but my symptoms are not clear cut, 1 symptom is bipolar...nothing else. I read that sometimes an arachnoid cyst on the middle crania fossa can present with bipolar symptoms. I had a non-contrast MRI 2 years ago and was told it had probably been there since birth from my primary care physician. Should I see a neurologist and how do I find someone who specializes in this?
Avatar f tn Hi, I agree about anti d's being a bad idea for bipolar patients, even when you take a mood stabiliser.. I've been there and done it and ended up manic.. I still beg my doctor to give me them when I am stuck in a depression but he never does.. I have also stopped taking meds abruptly.. but ended back on them. I understand why you have done it, I think a lot of us have done it.. How long has it been since you stopped them?
20867265 tn?1552026340 t see the need to wean me off of it because he figured that the mood stabilizers would balance out any rapid cycling caused by the antidepressants (antidepressants, especially SNRIs like Effexor/Venlafaxine or Pristiq/Desvenlafaxine have a tendency to cause rapid cycling in Bipolar Disorder patients). However, this turned out not to be the case. In January, I have a very bad mood episode which required hospitalization.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar f tn In a study done in France, involved 48 psychiatric working in 15 different psychiatric centers with a total of nearly 500 patients with major depression. Of these patients, it turned out, nearly 40 percent had experienced one or more episodes of hypomania, and quarter of those were the result of antidepressant treatment.
1748829 tn?1338037041 Patients with a history of major depression or significant depressive symptoms including history of suicide attempts, or bipolar disorder or psychosis, should be referred for expert psychiatric diagnosis and management prior to treatment initiation.
Avatar m tn The problems come when doctors start overdiagnosing, which is the case with bipolar today. Suddenly, you have a ton of bipolar patients running around. Usually coincides with a new drug on the market or the latest update of the diagnostic manual. For those who are helped, it's a benefit; for those who aren't it can be a nightmare. As patients we have be vigilant and do our homework and keep our reason about us; I didn't and suffered the consequences.
Avatar f tn The BPD, however, seems to be able to go into remission periods, similar to those remissions of cancer patients, whereas no symptoms occur for extended periods of time. BOTH BPI and BPII & BPD can be "controlled " fairly effectively for many patients-- with medications and/or psychotherapy...
Avatar f tn I was wondering if anyone else here was considered "high risk" for treatment (the "typical" treatment w/ pegasys (interfuron) and copegasys (ribaviron) and what their experience has been with both access to Doctors willing to try the therapy with them being "high risk" patients, and the therapy itself.
Avatar m tn my wife had a problem of depression i feel from last 4 years,when it will started she became very depressed, wepping,mentally confused,behave like stranger,and talking self . from last 3 years she is taking olanzapine 10. i just want to know is this type of behaviour is mental abnormality or heridetary disesses.
Avatar m tn SEROQUEL XR is not approved to treat depression; however, SEROQUEL is approved to treat bipolar depression. SEROQUEL and SEROQUEL XR are not approved for patients under the age of 18 years. The most common side effects are dry mouth, drowsiness, sedation, dizziness, high blood sugar, weakness, constipation, abdominal pain, sudden drop in blood pressure upon standing, sore throat, weight gain, abnormal liver tests, upset stomach, and sluggishness. Sounds kinda nasty to me.....
1280947 tn?1278376332 I am Bipolar I and I can tell you depression if very much a part of being Bipolar. Abilify is an antiphycotic medication and is perscribed for bipolar and schizophrenia. I personally refuse to take antiphycotics due to side effects but I do take a mood stabilizer and antidepressants. More and more people suffering from depression alone are being prescribed mood stabilzers because of their success in treating an array of symptoms.
Avatar f tn Hello. Forgive me for this being so long, I just want to make sure I'm providing good context because I'm not exactly sure what's going on. I've had depression since childhood, and as of a few years ago I began developing some mild symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety does run in my family, but there's also been some question as to whether or not my sibling also has comorbid bipolar disorder. My previous doctor thought I may have bipolar 2, so she put me on escitalopram and lamictal.
Avatar f tn My son (19) was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At time of hospitalization he refused an MRI. Subsequently he agreed and a subarachnoid cyst 6cm X 4.5 cm anterior to right temporal lobe was found. He has c/o forgetfulness, h/a, and had a severe manic episode with auditory hallucinations and paranoia. Could all this be related to his cyst? No family history of bipolar disorder. Also, what would treatment be? Surgery? Expected recovery time? What are chances mania will recurr?