I am very concerned about my mother's emotional/mental stability. She has frequent and sometimes incredibly intense and explosive mood swings, ranging from dull to extreme in short periods of time. One minute, she's yelling at me for something small, like not doing her laundry correctly, acting erratic and sometimes even violent. And, then the next, she's crying and apologizing and making me feel guilty with every word she says, like I'm the reason her mood swings get out of hand. The thing is, while it's happening, when she's having an unexpected episode, it's like she doesn't even realize it or anything.

More than that, I too have mood swings that are getting to be distressingly frequent as well. One minute, I'm hyped up on complete and utter euphoria, and the next, feeling depressed, lonely and misunderstood. Maybe it doesn't sound so bad, perhaps that's a good thing. But, to live with these worrisome mood swings, to deal with them everyday, it's starting to really make me question what's going on. For the longest time, I was convinced that it was just normal behavior. But, it's getting to be worse and worse, always making me scared and anxious if one of us, myself or my mother, just completely snaps. I need to know what's going on, who to talk to, if I should seek help or, if it's all in my head.