Not sure if have bipolar or just unipolar depression
Hi everyone,
So its been 2 years and my diagnosis is still not 100 % settled. Most of the time I have mild or moderate depression symptoms such as very low energy, constantly want to sleep, negative, sometimes suicidal thoughts, no motivation, apathy and etc. But sometimes I become very anxious and agitated which my psychiatrist thinks might be hypomania. Although I don't really have periods when my mood is considerably up like in hypomania or mania. Just super high anxiety. And those shifts are not that periodic, at least I haven't noticed. It's more random depressive episodes. I'm highly confused at this point. Any advice would be welcome.
P.s. I have tried meds for both bipolar and unipolar depression, all of them are not effective all the time, just sometimes. Like this week I'm depressed and nothing really helps.
@Nanogirl92 Depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder are medical conditions that can be very difficult to diagnose, and unfortunately no one here can give you medical advice.
There are many different types of medication for bipolar and for depression, and It's terrible that it's been two years and you haven't been able to find one that works all the time for you. I suppose it's possible there are other types of medication you haven't tried yet. For example, I've read that some of the older ones are rarely used now but do help some people when nothing else works.
I'm wondering, does your psychiatrist have a plan for what to do next? Certainly, you deserve some reliable treatment to prevent these random episodes.
Charlie
Hello I can relate I've never really had what I would consider full blown mania. Like I'll talk people's ears off till I'm blue in the face and sing and dance. That was something I experienced rather recently I don't know if that was mania cause I felt really good. Now I'm in a dark hole. I swear for a big portion of my life I was more anxiety prone than anyone else and I would get like really bad agoraphobia with the anxiety. Was weird hard to explain but I would just feel super disoriented for no reason and not wanna be anywhere
And just feel very uneasy in those moments breaking out in tears and what not
And like not be able to breathe in the shower feel like I was gonna pass out yeah. I dunno if you guys have experienced that before
