Newbie - Bipolar? Cycling between manic/severe anxiety?? - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

lilTroublemaker · 01-30-2004, 06:20 PM

Hey everyone. I'm new around these boards so I thought I'd do a lil intro.
I'm dealing with several issues including ADHD, Anxiety, PTSD, Agoraphobia.

I don't have full blown bipolar but I have bipolar tendencies. I get manic but not depressed. Instead of regular depression I get agoraphobia and severe anxiety. Somebody mentioned to me that the depressive phase is different for everyone and that I might want to ask my doc about a bipolar diagnosis but I'm not sure about that.

Any info/suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

mudhound · 01-31-2004, 05:28 AM

i'd go with what the dr says. They are suposed to know.

wobbly · 01-31-2004, 07:27 AM

Yeah, I would ask my doc. The anxiety can be due to any number of things. I get mixed manias and they occur with horrific anxiety and irritability. For the longest time I thought it was depression, but as my psych and I delved into my life history, it became clear that in my case it was mixed mania.
I'm not trying to sell you on any specific diagnosis, jut to point out that there are so many different possibilities, and it might take you and your doc a while to arrive at the correct diagnosis. And that's important because without the right diagnosis you won't get the right treatment.
Good luck and good health!

lilTroublemaker · 01-31-2004, 03:24 PM

I have definantly been full blown manic before. But I have never been depressed. What happens when I'm manic is I feel like I'm on a mix of extacy and speed. VERY HAPPY, EVERYTHING is funny, I tend to spend money on impulse (on things that looking back I wonder *** I was thinking... one time I bought a rabbit)... quit my job that day actually, because I had better things to do, ended up at the pet store with a giant lop eared bunny.

I know that people with abuse issues can cycle a lot like bipolar but I didn't know whether or not mania was part of that?

Also get times when I am very irritable, suicidal/homicidal. I have not wanted to harm myself because of being depressed. I just get in these moods where I think to myself "wow, I wonder what that would feel like" It's strange.. I guess.