Question:
Bipolar disorder is a case where a person, during the "up" period, can be
extremely hyper and resort to risky or daredevil behavior. But there is a
constant sadness below the surface that they eventually collapse into.
I posted this because I noticed in one of the posts this was becoming a major
discussion, and I thought I'd bring it out into the open. Who else has
depression, bipolar disorder, or major depression?
Answer:
Fer awhile I thought I might have bipolar (I still think I may), or maybe just
chronic depression. Then I considered schizophrenia.... and so on. I think that
i should probably call myself a hypochondriac (I think that's what it's called
when you hear about a disease and assume you have it.) or maybe I'm just
paranoid. Major depression. Even in times of happiness I can still feel my depression
threatening to pull me back into it's ongoing hopeless cycle.. It's hard to get
back on my feet knowing that with the way things are going it will always be
there to drag me back down. ..When the pain outweighs everything else--::shakes
her head:: This rings a bell with me, I checked out some resources and I have most
of the symptoms too (particularly the bit about sexual activity in the
manic phase =). My depressive periods never seem to last as long as
manic ones, but even when I'm in the best of moods I still feel 'empty'.
