I was told by a Psychiatrist that as we age we get more depression and less mania, especially if not medicated. I have gotten worse. I am medicated but symptoms have changed a lot. I usually flew high most of my younger days, after my son was born I started having more depression and anger issues. I lived in the anger component and irritation for years, unmedicated. I hit a suicidal depression that lasted about 1.5 years when I finally got on meds. I am better but anxiety is through the roof. I seldom get depressed, i can fall apart and feel like I have no control and going to lose my mind. It can last for hours or days and then I can get a break but it is usually relentless where I just want to crawl in a hole! I think I hav more mixed states of semi-mania and irritability. so yes as I have aged it has changed and gotten worse. Medicated it is better but by no means does it get rid of it, it just takes the edge off! Hope you feel better. I do have good days they just don't come as often. i sometimes feel like I live in a state of rebellion and fear. i have to fight it odd. Lots of prayer! Blessing to you!!

You bet your ass we turn to drugs.
Ah, but those days are gone.
As I get older I find that I have depression more often than I used to.
But then it's not suicidal depression, so I guess that's ok.
My doc told me it gets worse as you age. Not sure how to take that.

thanks for your experiences. I know my uncle has schizophrenia and it has gotten worse. He seems to act a bit manic at times however, so I don't know if he's got an extra dx now or what.

I was afraid I'd hear that the depression would become more prevalent. nooooooooo!

My mood swings in the last 4-5 years have become less intense.
I'll get depressed, Jason tells me cause I can't see it right away.
The mood comes over me and it lasts about 5-6 hours. If I take a nap to get rid of it I wake up FINE!!! I can deal w/this. It happens every few weeks but it's easy to get through.

well I made it this far...and here I thought I wouldn't see 27 much less 35

I spent my 20's 30's 40's and early 50's in a HAPPY HAPPY ,one long hypo-manic episode... a couple of times a year I'd take to my bed, because didn't feel well ....those were my depressive episodes.

Now I find I don't have many hypo-manic episodes , but tend toward depression with anxiety

Phoenix...you know the old saying "if I knew I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself".
I love it!

I know that I am coming out of my mania finally and into a mixed episode. I think that everyone is different. For me, I get more manias and mixed episodes than anything else. But I always have been this way.

I'm soon to turn 40 and depression has definitely taken the place of more manic episodes. I still get hypomanic every now and again for a week or less but I don't have the wild manic episodes that I did when I was younger.