I am having severe mood swings! What's up?!


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I am having severe mood swings! What's up?

I just can stand anything these days. Everything ticks me off. I try not to let my anger show too much but sometimes I can't help it. I was diagnosed with depression a while back and have been on and off meds that did nothing for me except made things worse. I know I must seem rude to people and that is just not who I am. I will do anything for people, but these days I have time for noone or nothing. Trying to get through work is terrible. All I want to do is be by myself in my room. Is there anyone else out there going through this mess, and how are you dealing with it? Thank all of you so much!

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4 weeks ago
the first line should say can't stand. sorry


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Im not qualified to tell you what you have but this is what happened to me. Maybe it will help.

I felt the same way for years before being diagnosed with major depression. I think a lot of men have those symptoms when depressed. I put off seeing a pro until I couldn't stop dreaming about dying and could hardly get out of bed. I wouldn't advise letting things go so far and if your already there please see someone tommorrow. A lot of people self medicate with booze (I did) and that only makes things worse because alcohol is a depressant. The hardest thing for me was to ask for help. It was easier for me to see a stranger my doctor recommended than tell him what I felt. Depression made me feel weak, and I was ashamed. A psychiatrist worked better than a normal doctor because they spend much more time diagnosing the problem and have much more experience with anti depressants. I started taking paxil and felt like I was in a daze. I also gained over forty pounds. I then switched to welbutin and it worked after about three weeks. I slowly came out of it. I guess its common for medicine not to work but there are so many that most people find one that does. When I started feeling better I started exercising and that really helped. So did cutting back on the booze. I had three episodes, and I guess its like a three strikes your out thing because I was told I will probably have to stay on meds for the rest of my life. I have a family now and enjoy my work. I can honestly say Im ok . It was really worth seeing someone and dealing with the problem.

I really wish you the best and hope things work out well. Hope this helped in some way.




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