how fast do moods cycle in bipolar/cyclothymia?
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September 12, 2011 - 4:16 pm
I just posted this same post in the bipolar forum, but I thought I might get some extra help in this forum too! Thanks
I am curious about how fast you can cycle. I have met with four licensed professionals (1 psychologist, 2 social workers, 1 psychiatrist) that believe I have GAD with bipolar disorder due to my anxiety, rapid speech, and intermittent terrible anger outbursts and bouts of depression. I also have times where I get really energetic, talk fast, get up early and clean the whole house, go spend hundreds of dollars, and then start a million projects with new ideas. I also can get irritable during these times as well. But I have never not missed sleep, sometimes I sleep less, but I always sleep. I also have times where I get hypersexual, and then it goes away and I have no sex drive for months. It's really annoying. I've had lots of bloodwork done to see if there is a medical reason and they can find none. I have read that this can be related to the disorder.
However, I am going to a therapist currently that seems to believe I have GAD but not bipolar. She says that my anger outbursts are attributed to me not liking to be controlled, and feeling overwhelmed by expectations. I don't ALWAYS see a trigger to my outbursts. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. She claims that if I have bipolar my moods would not cycle as rapidly as they do. She said I would stay irritable and angry for weeks at a time for no reason. She also says that because my anger outbursts only happen with certain family members, I am still able to control it unlike someone that has bipolar. I don't know if I agree with that because I have had times where I still had the explosive anger feeling in public, I just didn't release it the same way as I did when I was home.
But then I met with her again this week and told her more about what has been going on lately and she seemed to start considering a mood disorder but she said she didn't know how to define it.
I just wanted to hear other opinions on this. I just thought since the opinion was 4-1 that majority wins lol. But I know of people that have bipolar that do cycle quickly- even hourly. I usually change moods daily, but sometimes it can be twice a day, sometimes more times in a day, it just depends if I am under stress or in a certain situation.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences! Thanks.
I am curious about how fast you can cycle. I have met with four licensed professionals (1 psychologist, 2 social workers, 1 psychiatrist) that believe I have GAD with bipolar disorder due to my anxiety, rapid speech, and intermittent terrible anger outbursts and bouts of depression. I also have times where I get really energetic, talk fast, get up early and clean the whole house, go spend hundreds of dollars, and then start a million projects with new ideas. I also can get irritable during these times as well. But I have never not missed sleep, sometimes I sleep less, but I always sleep. I also have times where I get hypersexual, and then it goes away and I have no sex drive for months. It's really annoying. I've had lots of bloodwork done to see if there is a medical reason and they can find none. I have read that this can be related to the disorder.
However, I am going to a therapist currently that seems to believe I have GAD but not bipolar. She says that my anger outbursts are attributed to me not liking to be controlled, and feeling overwhelmed by expectations. I don't ALWAYS see a trigger to my outbursts. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. She claims that if I have bipolar my moods would not cycle as rapidly as they do. She said I would stay irritable and angry for weeks at a time for no reason. She also says that because my anger outbursts only happen with certain family members, I am still able to control it unlike someone that has bipolar. I don't know if I agree with that because I have had times where I still had the explosive anger feeling in public, I just didn't release it the same way as I did when I was home.
But then I met with her again this week and told her more about what has been going on lately and she seemed to start considering a mood disorder but she said she didn't know how to define it.
I just wanted to hear other opinions on this. I just thought since the opinion was 4-1 that majority wins lol. But I know of people that have bipolar that do cycle quickly- even hourly. I usually change moods daily, but sometimes it can be twice a day, sometimes more times in a day, it just depends if I am under stress or in a certain situation.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences! Thanks.
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I just posted this same post in the bipolar forum, but I thought I might get some extra help in this forum too! Thanks
I am curious about how fast you can cycle. I have met with four licensed professionals (1 psychologist, 2 social workers, 1 psychiatrist) that believe I have GAD with bipolar disorder due to my anxiety, rapid speech, and intermittent terrible anger outbursts and bouts of depression. I also have times where I get really energetic, talk fast, get up early and clean the whole house, go spend hundreds of dollars, and then start a million projects with new ideas. I also can get irritable during these times as well. But I have never not missed sleep, sometimes I sleep less, but I always sleep. I also have times where I get hypersexual, and then it goes away and I have no sex drive for months. It's really annoying. I've had lots of bloodwork done to see if there is a medical reason and they can find none. I have read that this can be related to the disorder.
However, I am going to a therapist currently that seems to believe I have GAD but not bipolar. She says that my anger outbursts are attributed to me not liking to be controlled, and feeling overwhelmed by expectations. I don't ALWAYS see a trigger to my outbursts. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. She claims that if I have bipolar my moods would not cycle as rapidly as they do. She said I would stay irritable and angry for weeks at a time for no reason. She also says that because my anger outbursts only happen with certain family members, I am still able to control it unlike someone that has bipolar. I don't know if I agree with that because I have had times where I still had the explosive anger feeling in public, I just didn't release it the same way as I did when I was home.
But then I met with her again this week and told her more about what has been going on lately and she seemed to start considering a mood disorder but she said she didn't know how to define it.
I just wanted to hear other opinions on this. I just thought since the opinion was 4-1 that majority wins lol. But I know of people that have bipolar that do cycle quickly- even hourly. I usually change moods daily, but sometimes it can be twice a day, sometimes more times in a day, it just depends if I am under stress or in a certain situation.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences! Thanks.
I am curious about how fast you can cycle. I have met with four licensed professionals (1 psychologist, 2 social workers, 1 psychiatrist) that believe I have GAD with bipolar disorder due to my anxiety, rapid speech, and intermittent terrible anger outbursts and bouts of depression. I also have times where I get really energetic, talk fast, get up early and clean the whole house, go spend hundreds of dollars, and then start a million projects with new ideas. I also can get irritable during these times as well. But I have never not missed sleep, sometimes I sleep less, but I always sleep. I also have times where I get hypersexual, and then it goes away and I have no sex drive for months. It's really annoying. I've had lots of bloodwork done to see if there is a medical reason and they can find none. I have read that this can be related to the disorder.
However, I am going to a therapist currently that seems to believe I have GAD but not bipolar. She says that my anger outbursts are attributed to me not liking to be controlled, and feeling overwhelmed by expectations. I don't ALWAYS see a trigger to my outbursts. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. She claims that if I have bipolar my moods would not cycle as rapidly as they do. She said I would stay irritable and angry for weeks at a time for no reason. She also says that because my anger outbursts only happen with certain family members, I am still able to control it unlike someone that has bipolar. I don't know if I agree with that because I have had times where I still had the explosive anger feeling in public, I just didn't release it the same way as I did when I was home.
But then I met with her again this week and told her more about what has been going on lately and she seemed to start considering a mood disorder but she said she didn't know how to define it.
I just wanted to hear other opinions on this. I just thought since the opinion was 4-1 that majority wins lol. But I know of people that have bipolar that do cycle quickly- even hourly. I usually change moods daily, but sometimes it can be twice a day, sometimes more times in a day, it just depends if I am under stress or in a certain situation.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences! Thanks.
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Cast all your anxiety on Him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
September 23, 2011 - 10:49 pm
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I have been diagnosed with and am being treated for bipolar, which was something of a relief to actually have a name/reason for the cycling after all these years! I've found that it can vary, and sometimes by a lot. In general, the "highs" are shorter than the "lows" with a rough ratio of 3 to 6 weeks up and anything up to 3 months down. However there are times when it can be a week up and 3 weeks down, although that sort of short cycle is the exception rather than the rule, and when things calm down there is usually something that has triggered the short cycle.
I have been diagnosed with and am being treated for bipolar, which was something of a relief to actually have a name/reason for the cycling after all these years! I've found that it can vary, and sometimes by a lot. In general, the "highs" are shorter than the "lows" with a rough ratio of 3 to 6 weeks up and anything up to 3 months down. However there are times when it can be a week up and 3 weeks down, although that sort of short cycle is the exception rather than the rule, and when things calm down there is usually something that has triggered the short cycle.
Joined: 08-02-2011