Emotional dips?

[Danteloogi]

Just wondering if anybody else out there has this. I'd say it happens once every month or two, I'll just get really really depressed. It doesn't even start off first thing in the morning. I'll wake up, go to work, everything is fine.

However, I'd say around noon I just get anxious, paranoid, and I feel extremely sad. I'll go home at 4:30 and I'll just start crying. My girlfriend, who is living long distance from me right now, gets frustrated because I just repeat the same things over and over. I always say how I hate the way I am, nobody cares about me, I can't do anything right. This will last all night until I finally crash and go to sleep. Usually the next day I'll be hyper and goofy, which is fine, but my girlfriend is usually pretty upset from the day before and doesn't want to talk to me. I should also mention that I haven't been medicated for about 7 years but I'm going to finally see a doctor tomorrow for help. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[sarahsweets]

The symptoms you mention remind me of bipolar.

[spunkysmum]

This only happens once every month or two and your girlfriend can't handle that? As off-day schedules go, that's a pretty mild one I'd say. If it was once or twice a week that would be something else again.

[Danteloogi]

Originally Posted by spunkysmum

This only happens once every month or two and your girlfriend can't handle that? As off-day schedules go, that's a pretty mild one I'd say. If it was once or twice a week that would be something else again.

My girlfriend has schizoaffective disorder so she has a mountain of things that she needs to stress about herself. Me being like this just adds to all of that

[FreewayFlyer04]

I get really depressed once in awhile, haven't thot about noting the time of month or year. Depressed to the point of "Am I losing it?" However, I don't share it with anyone that knows me.

I am really tightly wound, very driven, and not close to anyone. So, please take this question with a grain of salt, but why would you share your depression with your girlfriend, she isn't able to do a dang thing to help, and knowing you are struggling, and she can't fix it, has got to be hard for her.

[cynderela]

Its weird sometimes I feel that way too. I can happy all day untill this feeling slowely comes over me and then i dont feel like doing anything. I sometimes feel this way after one of my many episodes of ADHD symptoms come into play wether I keep interupting or slipping on my word usage or whenever i feel like no one is noticing or thinking about stories of things I want to tell people but feeling like I dont have anyone to tell other then my boyfriend. Its crazy cuz i can txt a friend that i feel like crap and then the next day they try to cheer me up and i feel fine like nothing ever happened. Its weird. Sometimes writing down how i feel helps me.

[BellaVita]

I feel ya...
The depression was getting so bad at times I finally got put on an antidepressant(Generic Lexapro 10mg..Only been on it one day though.) My moods have been fairly weird lately as well, went from being hyper/good mood/sometimes relaxed, to VERY hyper/excited/laughing/talking alot to irritable/lonely/depressed...It's been confusing...I'm not exactly sure what "normal" for me is...ha..but oh well..I'm hoping I'll get back on track soon...
Hope things are going a bit smoother for you..best of luck!!

[tudorose]

If you took one day off work for yourself for 'me time' do you think this would help?

[meadd823]

Some times and I used to try and talk it out now I have come to believe that it is just some brain chemical glitch and simply label it depression or one of "those days" realizing that talkng it out doesn't help because it is not an exterior problem but an interior one - one that needs medical addressing