...as Paul Weller (Style Counsel) says, "My ever-changing moods..."

[gigigrrrl]

... how do you know when the crying about something sad happens and whatever everyone else says is a mood swing? I have those completely broken down 5 minutes... sometimes more , sometimes less and still muster a laugh or just "switch" thoughts. The same question as far as anxiety... how much is too much. I have had(not often) 2-3 nights/days of very little sleep. Hard to tell... I feel like I'm not a type "A" personality. Just have moments... more sober(never a big drinker) in the last 17 years... maybe I'm noticing things more... I don't know.

Anyone...

[gigigrrrl]

Thanks you two...
Like I said... just putting together some time frames and patterns. We'll see... it is a bit hard to accept the "possibility of" something other than just being emotional. I appreciate the conversation with all of you... maybe I can be as honest with the therapist and psychiatrist. It's just scary and I'm not sooooo out of control, now... as I think I have been in the past... mellowed like a fine wine... ah... ah... ah. Or just learn to live with it. I just don't know.

But thanks again...

[venora]

Sometime oour brains are going like a carborator. We got too much fuel(sretonin and dopamine) and we go manic.then we go lean with not enough and we go dpressed and this can happen fast .Rapd cycling is tough.
I was cycling a little manic myself last night.

So take deep breaths.I meditaite alot especiallyat night so I can shut my brain down long enough to fall asleep.Sometimes I take advil pm.
Hang in there.I am pulling for .this bi polar is soooo treatable
Keep posting Love Venora

[Chrissylynn324]

thats the discussion that verona and i have been having... she and i both have bouts with manic depression... its when you get both ends of the spectrum.. you will have depression spells and then you will also get the other end of the scope where you will be full of energy and cant sit still.. little to no sleep, brain is rushing at full speed... its a clinical disorder.. you should talk to your dr... hope to hear back =-)
chrissy