how fast do your moods change?
By RisaAttrell
@RisaAttrell (418)
Canada
January 31, 2011 7:49am CST
For those of you who have bipolar, i have a question. Maybe a few questions.
For one thing, do you go from very high straight to very low, or is there a period of 'normal' in between?
Have you ever been up for several months, and then afterward very quickly went into depression?
Has it ever happened to you that you were in a manic state, did something you wouldn't have done otherwise, such as spending too much money, and then the next day you realized what you did, regretted it, and got very depressed?
Please explain how it is for you.
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4 responses
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
1 Feb 11
I can keep the same mood for quite a while. it usually takes something drastic that is said or done to change my mood. if it turns out to be a bad mood, i try not to keep it long.@RisaAttrell (418)
• Canada
1 Feb 11
Were you diagnosed with bipolar? It doesn't sound like it-sounds like you have too much control over your moods to have bipolar.
@rasshion (47)
• United States
31 Jan 11
Sometimes I don't even notice when my moods shift to high. I'm more aware of the lows but I'm not sure why. I get extremely hyper and weird and am unaware until someone else points it out to me or I crash. I've dealt with this for a long time and usually think I have it under control until I do things like randomly pick fights with people or buy guitars that I have no clue on how to play. I have so many things that I have started on my highs and have never looked at again. I have had days where my moods shifted back and forth several times over the course of a few hours but I have also had months where I seemed to be balanced out or "normal" only to realize that I was on one end of my emotional spectrum or the other. I have yet to find medications that can really stabalize me the way that I would like. I may have gone off on a tangent, as I sometimes do but I hope I answered your questions at least a bit to your liking.
@AdalieM (1134)
• United States
9 Apr 11
The most I can go without having an episode is about a week, but after that everybody knows that the hell inside me breaks loose. I don't spend lots of money, on the other hand I am freaking hyper, can't stop feeling happy, I go for long drives then a few hours go by and I feel really sad and I want to be speeding and kill myself. Other days I am just sad all the time and the next I am happy as if nothing happened.
@smg1545 (1)
• United States
11 Jul 12
I can go from manic to super depressed without anything even happening. on the otherhand i do have times when i am "normal" they dont last long but it is better than the other 2 extremes. i am ofter very hyper during mania and very happy and people often ask me whats wrong. being low for me is awful. the sadness and other feelings are so strong and i just cant wait to be manic again(which is werid) most people think being bipolar is something cool to have diagnosed but its not. it affects my moods just about every day. some times i go a couple days in one state then change...anyway being bipolar is just hard.i guess thats how to put it.i was diagnosed as a teen and it made relationships really hard. even before diagnoses.its hard for people to accept my moods and they often dont get that i cant control them.hope this was something like you were looking for
