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sincereChestnut1099
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Bipolar cycling
Bipolar, Schizophrenia & Psychosis Support / by sincereChestnut1099
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 January 27th, 2023
...See more last I was hypomanic was Christmas. Ever since, I’ve been having these on and off severe depressive lows and they are awful! Normal baseline for a few days and then back to severe depressive lows for a few days then back to baseline and here we go again more depressive lows. I don’t know what might be causing this, nothings changed. I’m so embarrassed by these mood switches as I volunteer at a bunch of places and I keep having to cancel because of lows
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Mixed episodes increasing pmdd or bipolar or both?
Bipolar, Schizophrenia & Psychosis Support / by sincereChestnut1099
Last post
 May 23rd, 2021
...See more I used to have pure hypomanic episodes, 1-9 days of happy fun art and imaginations..However because I also have GAD and OCD I have been too afraid to get on medication. I realize myself having really wild swings these days. They’re mainly high anxiety agitation and delusional and paranoid thoughts. Sometimes I become so restless I need to do ANYTHING to scratch the “itch” that I psychologically feel. I have grown very self aware of my cycles , sometimes I don’t catch them and they can get away from me, I’ll snap on someone or give into my hypochondriac thoughts. My sleep is very erratic. 1 day getting 8 next day getting 4. Next day back to 7/8 next day back to 4/5. It is incredibly hard to focus on what needs to get done, I’ve not been diagnosed but I’m always positive I have some form of adult adhd. I’m just realizing I get these more pronounced mixed during the luteal phase of my period. Sometimes they’ll begin a week before the luteal phase which makes me think also bipolar. Even after the period ends I will continue to have highs and lows. I guess my question would be should I try again with an SSRI?
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