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Im struggling alot these past few days. I was wondering if you all wouldnt mind sharing a bit of what its like for you.
I am mostly wondering if anyone has the same things going on as me.I know we're all different but I think it would help alot to know that I am not the only feeling so beat down.
Basically the past few days have gone like this:Wake up, drink coffee, look around the room, go back to my bedroom and wish I was still sleeping, have moments of absolute giddiness, i mean almost hysterical, wishing I was dead, wishing i could just disappear, calm and detached, and then the cycle starts over again.
Im actually forgetting to eat. I feel manic one minute then the next im lethargic. I dont think Ive ever gotten like this before.
Thanks
I am mostly wondering if anyone has the same things going on as me.I know we're all different but I think it would help alot to know that I am not the only feeling so beat down.
Basically the past few days have gone like this:Wake up, drink coffee, look around the room, go back to my bedroom and wish I was still sleeping, have moments of absolute giddiness, i mean almost hysterical, wishing I was dead, wishing i could just disappear, calm and detached, and then the cycle starts over again.
Im actually forgetting to eat. I feel manic one minute then the next im lethargic. I dont think Ive ever gotten like this before.
Thanks
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there is better out there. if you aren't already in therapy, i suggest ringing up someone. as hard as it can be, it does feel better to talk to someone objectively about whats going on. meds are always an option. they have gotten me out of funks and stabilized me in the past.
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My therapist summed it up best and said my body was re-setting itself. All systems were off and confused from the overload.
Eventually this passed for me. I say it was bad for like a week and slowly, i was having fewer and fewer of these cycles. Effexor helped me with this.
PTSD CAN present a lot like Bipolar. So, to get an accurate diagnosis...a good Pdoc with trauma experience would be helpful.
Before I got my PTSD diagnosis...I kept asking my previous Pdoc and Family Doc if I was Bipolar...all said NO.
My initial diagnosis was PTSD vs Bipolar 2. They do share a lot of the same symptoms....mood variability being one of them...but with bipolar 1 the mood swings are more extreme...with bipolar 2, the mood swings are not as extreme.
I get the wanna go back to bed feeling a lot, and sometimes do spend lots of time in bed. I don't eat very good, I usually drink something and eat cereal.
One thing I have started keeping around is Carnation Instant Breakfast and Yogurt Smoothies. Take and Go is great for me.
Mood Stabilizers are used in both PTSD and Bipolar...it can help level out your moods. I am on Lamictal, and it has helped stabilize my mood variabilty, where I don't have that hypo-manic swing anymore and don't fall too deep in depression anymore. Has actually helped pull me out of depression some.
Hang in there...
But when i am not so depressed i am not like that But checking with a doc would be the first thing to do and maybe after that a good therphist as it helped me to see one of them.
i feel like this a lot too. i definitely have days like that.
sometimes, i forget to eat for days at a time.
i'm sorry you're having a rough time of it.