Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Colorado Springs , CO United States
Are mood swings bipolar or depression Posted: 01-08-08 20:13pm
I have suffered from depression for a very
long time. Currently, I take Lexipro
daily and that seems to help. By help I
mean that I'm happy, my self esteem level
is high, I believe in myself and generally
active. However, I get these "bad" days
where I feel sad for no good reason; I put
myself done and wish other people did the
same. On these days, I'm very volatile,
it doesn't take very much for someone to
set me off and add more fuel to the fire.
If you were to ask
me if I'm going to like myself tomorrow or
not I honestly don't know. I go to bed
every night hoping that the tomorrow will
be better than today.
Does anyone else have this experience? Is
there something that I can do, without the
help of others, to fight this and have
everyday be a "good" day?
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designlady
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Posted: 01-08-08 20:47pm
If you were on just an antidepressant and
were bipolar, chances would be good that
it would send you into a constant mania.
My opinion, and I'm in no way a
professional, is that it's your
depression. You may want to make an
appointment with your doctor or therapist
to talk it over.
Who knows... I may be wrong, but I've been
living with bpd since the age of 13. (A
very long time ago.) Just keep us posted
on what the doc says. We are here to
support each other.
If you were to ask
me if I'm going to like myself tomorrow or
not I honestly don't know. I go to bed
every night hoping that the tomorrow will
be better than today.
