about 10 months ago, I was diagnosed with manic depression. I was in therapy about 5 months, and then the symptoms went away, and I stopped taking the medication. I was fine until about a month ago when I started getting the manic symptoms again, only like 10 times worse. I’m becoming suicidal again. I worry about things, I probably shouldn’t worry about. Im getting afraid to do things because I think something will happen, and I’ll die. If someone is even one minute late, I think they are dead. Me and my mom and dad have started drifting away, Andd I just can’t deal with them anymore. They don’t really even do anything to make me mad. Its like everything, even little things make me mad as hell. People I used to always get along with, I can’t even stand anymore. The little things get to me alot. I feel like I’m just letting people down. Even when they say I didnt… im extremly paranoid. about everything. Every once in a while, something I did like 5 years ago will pop into my head for no reason. Its really annoying. what do you think it is thats wrong with me? And what should I do about it?
Manic depression is what i mean…
I had the same thing, and still do, I somehow always think I have something inside of me, like cancer, but if I find out I have it I will be afraid of death, even though death….is life….you sound a lot like me, do you have panic attacks? Because I do, and if you do all of those sound like Anxiety Disorder, but you can have Anxiety Disorder without panic attacks, I used to constantly beg my mom to take me to the doctor’s because every time I would possibly feel something, I would think it’s cancer, any pain and I would think it’s cancer, and I wouldn’t rest until I knew I didn’t have cancer, and I do not have it, just big time anxiety, sounds like you are uncomfortable with who you are, seems to me like you are confused on what life means, to live a happy one, until you die, life has a plan for ALL of us, and it’s to die yes, but if you were put on this Earth you might as well be happy until your day comes, so go to the doctor’s, I hate seeing people be unhappy, and if you have MySpace, you can add me and we can talk about your problems….http://www.myspace.com/mooshinanamikey.
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November 24th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Sounds like you have generalized anxiety disorder. You can do several different things to help. Talk to your doctor, they will be able to help you. GAD makes you fell like nothing can be right, and the stress from it can make everything so much worse. Again, talk to a doctor.
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November 24th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
A friend of mine suffered from manic depression. He was able to control it and was good at his job. Every few months, he would stop taking his medication - because it made him feel good when he stopped. He would then be OK for a while, until he became strange again and did something stupid which hurt or upset himself or people around him. The answer is - keep taking the tablets.
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
i thought manic was when you were happy and you sure dont sound happy you sound parinoid and kinda like you are scared of being left alone. you should tell your parents and go back to your pchyatrist
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Let your parents take you to a Psychologist. They may have a good suggestion for you.
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Possibly severe social anxiety disorder?
It could just be your manic depression returning.
I don't think it ever goes away unless declared temporary by a doctor…
I had temporary depression… and I got off my medication not even 2 months ago. I think my symptoms are returning too. Only worse like you.
I am a teenager now so it could be hormones affecting it too. That could be it if you are a teen… hope you feel better. :]
And I hate to say it but possibly it may be schizophrenia?
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I had the same thing, and still do, I somehow always think I have something inside of me, like cancer, but if I find out I have it I will be afraid of death, even though death….is life….you sound a lot like me, do you have panic attacks? Because I do, and if you do all of those sound like Anxiety Disorder, but you can have Anxiety Disorder without panic attacks, I used to constantly beg my mom to take me to the doctor’s because every time I would possibly feel something, I would think it’s cancer, any pain and I would think it’s cancer, and I wouldn’t rest until I knew I didn’t have cancer, and I do not have it, just big time anxiety, sounds like you are uncomfortable with who you are, seems to me like you are confused on what life means, to live a happy one, until you die, life has a plan for ALL of us, and it’s to die yes, but if you were put on this Earth you might as well be happy until your day comes, so go to the doctor’s, I hate seeing people be unhappy, and if you have MySpace, you can add me and we can talk about your problems….http://www.myspace.com/mooshinanamikey.
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Personal experiences, I had a panic attack while in the hospital and thought I was going to die, I later realized I had Anxiety Disorder.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
My daughter is Bipolar as well as my father. You describe the exact same symptoms they have when they are going into a manic phase, agitation is defintely a part of mania! I do understand why you stopped taking the medications, for all the same reasons my daughter and father stop. However, this always leads to an unbalanced state and someday it will be harder to find the balance the more times the medications are stopped. Additionally, the higher the manic state the lower the depression, the longer it takes to rebalance.
If you don’t want to feel the way you are feeling now get back to your doctor, so you can restart your medications.
There is no other treatment for Bipolar disorder at this time other than medication and compliance is extremely important. The ony “therapy” that is the standard is learning about the signals your body gives you when you are going into mania (elevated mood, agitation) or depression (low mood, suicidal thoughts), this way you have some kind of control over your treatment. It is important to learn about your specific signals.
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
It’s really important to stay on your meds. Often times people with bipolar will go off their meds when they “feel” better. Mostly because they’re feeling manic. Mania may feel good at times, but there are very neg. things that go with mania. So if you’ve been diagnosed bipolar, you need to get back on your meds and stay on them.
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diagnosed bipolar over 20 yrs ago.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Get back on a mood stabillizer, preferably lithium. Lithium is great for mania and it has an anti-suicide mechanism. That is, it wipes out suicidal ideation.
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