Ask Me Help Desk - Bipolar Disorder?

Hey guys,
Basically for awhile now I've been experiencing symptoms like bipolar disorder. To give you a bit ofa back story, I got out of an extremely messy relationship and turned to drugs for a long time, I've finally cleaned up and I'm finding myself have excessive ups and downs. Some times I'll feel on top of the world, then hours or minutes later I just feel so depressed. I have a lot of trouble focusing at school, sometimes I'll care and put time into things and other times I'll just skip or walk out. It's feeling really hard to tell what I feel is real or not, and a lot of things seem like a dream to me, even if it only happened a few hours ago. I'm really confused on what's wrong with me, but I know something isn't right, and I'm blaming the drugs. Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks,
Nick

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Originally Posted by trevlac

Hey guys,
Basically for awhile now i've been experiencing symptoms like bipolar disorder. To give you a bit ofa back story, i got out of an extremely messy relationship and turned to drugs for a long time, i've finally cleaned up and i'm finding myself have excessive ups and downs. Some times i'll feel on top of the world, then hours or minutes later i just feel so depressed. I have alot of trouble focusing at school, sometimes i'll care and put time into things and other times i'll just skip or walk out. It's feeling really hard to tell what i feel is real or not, and alot of things seem like a dream to me, even if it only happened a few hours ago. i'm really confused on what's wrong with me, but i know something isn't right, and i'm blaming the drugs. Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks,
Nick

I experience the same things, I will be on top of the world and everything feels great! Sometimes this last for a few days sometimes just a few hours, than I will get really irritated by everything, I will usually have a huge blow up of rage then I am super depressed than it starts all over again! It sucks, I have been on every psych drug and nothing has helped, in fact some of them made me even worse! I think therapy could help but I can't afford it. Sorry to hear that someone else is suffering the same fate as me!

I've tried going to see a doctor/therapy but my mom doesen't think my symptoms are serious enough. The thing is I haven't told her everything I feel, it's really hard to.

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Originally Posted by trevlac

I've tried going to see a doctor/therapy but my mom doesen't think my symptoms are serious enough. the thing is i havent told her everything i feel, it's really hard to.

I finally came clean with my wife and family and now I get a lot more support from them. Now when I am in mean mode, or depressed mode they know it is just a cycle and they don't take it to heart. I think it would make you feel a lot better and help a lot if you are 100% honest with your Mom about what is going on in your head.