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Hello all,

I've posted before on the depression/anxiety forums, but not here. I've not yet been diagnosed with being bipolar, but things seem to be leaning that way (II). During a recent doctor's visit he recommended me to get evaluated for it, and it's very prevalent in my family history. With my recent moods, I'm expecting to be diagnosed. Soo, I just wanted to ask you all to write your experiences for me. What are your symptoms? How long do your "moods" last? How would you describe yourself in terms of coping with stress and daily life, and your emotional stability? Thanks in advance! I hope to learn from you all.
 

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well... for me... I notice that I get depressed alot. When I am in a good mood, I feel great.. like I am the best and can do anything. I also have a tendency to make bad decisions and don't think clearly... Good luck to you... I hope you find a proper diagnosis and medicine that can help you... God bless.
 
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It's the depression for sure that sticks out for me...which is why it took so long to get bipolar diagnosis. I don't really experience manias or even hypomanias unless i'm on antidepressants. When I'm high I'm just like a super human with the number of things I can handle and the speed at which I can deal with them. I'm constantly doing something. When I'm low I can't get out of bed, when it gets really bad I can't even go to work. I loose interest in everything and I don't even want to eat.

Hope that helps.
 
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I was Dx Adhd when I was 6yrs old, I stopped taking meds for it when I was 11. I was Dx Bipolar this past summer, I thought all this time it was Adhd that was affecting me this way. I had what I thought was severe anxiety, at times I suffered insomnia, others I'd be depressed but only mildly.
Then for whatever reason I hit an all time low that lasted nearly a year, I barely worked, couldnt keep up with anything, I tried different doctors, antidepressants and nothing worked. Then it moved into Depression with severe insomnia for several months before I finally saw a psychiatrist and was placed on meds. Life improved greatly at that point though I still have my bad days and a solid week every month that I feel low, but other than that I cant complain.
My 14year old son is Bipolar as well, he was Dx 2 years before I was. He tends to stay more on the high side, with brief episodes of depression.
 
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Bp is well explain in the thread at the top of the forum in it "known" varieties. There is much being learned about all of the mood disorders and other BIOLOGICALLY based brain disorders out there. Yes, mental illness is caused by a physical difference in our bodies. Our neurotransmitters are different. Here's the link http://www.christianforums.com/t2565317-bipolar-what-is-it.html

We have had some wonderful "word pictures" posted here that here us to understand why we are the same and yet different and why we respond different to the same meds, etc.

One of my favorites is that bp is like all the hose plans out there. We all have kitchens and bathrooms etc., but the sizes and designs vary as does square footage etc. That is like bp, we all have ups and downs in cycles. Some people ups or downs are bigger, even over the course of our lives the ups and downs can vary. Some of us have more anxiety, some of us less, some of us are irritable and angry and down right rageful, some of us have obsessive likeness in our thoughts or behaviors, sleep disturbances, etc all of us have similarities and differences. It is an amazing simple and yet complex disease and in that it reminds me of my faith, how simple it is to understand a free gift all I have to do is receive and yet how complex are the mysteries of faith...

Not sure if this was what you were asking. But just a few thoughts
 
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For me, the depression is the hardest and most frequent part of my "cycle". THe depressions hit hard and all at once and once they begin it is hard to get over. I don't really have manic episodes, but I do get hypomanic, esp after I am depressed adn then something good happens - I talk a lot, try to tackle a ton of things at once, see everything as rosey and don't really see the depression that just went away.
Stress in my life is a HUGE trigger for me to go into depression. It's like things just pile up and I can't see the light anymore.

Praying for you!
 
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Thanks everyone! I appreciate all of your responses.

Depression is the mainstay for me right now, unfortunately. I also have an absence of "manic" episodes, but I do get "hypomania" here and there.

I don't really like the label of "bipolar" or "manic depressive", or any labels for that matter. I think things can be much more complex than that, there are so many labels for this disorder and that disorder (BP, GAD, SAD, etc...). Seems they more commonly co-exist and overlap than just exist one at a time. But, for the sake of clarity I think I'm going to go about getting diagnosed, to prevent confusion in the future while explaining to other people.

texannurse, your description pretty much matches mine. It's very hard for me to overcome depression, but when something good happens, I can get very talkative and my thoughts seem to race as I want to do 30 things at once. This ends up tiring me out . I've been hesitant in the past to admit to this, but since I was faced with a lot of stress in the past year, it's really been surfacing now. I always thought I had the even nature of my father, but my mom's genes are finally catching up with me I guess, haha.

I think I'm more of a rapid-cycler though. My cycles aren't usually weeks; they're daily, or every few days. Sometimes I'll have a pattern of having two good days and then three bad days, and sometimes within one day I'll have a few good hours followed by depression for the rest of the day, or vice versa.

Anxiety and the occasional bout of obsessive thinking is also a big one for me, any of you deal with these too?
 
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