I have been suffering from depression since i was 16, i am now 30. I have had some help on and off but always very short periods as i suddenly would feel much better and then just stop going to therapy.. I have just started seeing a psychiatrist again on a weekly basis, have been there around 6 or 7 times now and so far so good.
My brother has also been suffering from depression for many many years, or so they thought. He has just been diagnosed with bipolar type 2 and i snow finally feeling much better with the right medication. My brother and i are very similar in how we feel and when i read up on bipolar it all made sense to me. I also took a test and scored very high.. I know i dont suffer from depression as my mood will jump up and down from day to day or week to week. I will go from being so depressed, isolating myself, feeling worthless to feeling fantastic the net day. I will be full of energy and feel like nothing is wrong with me at all. The next day i will be completely down again.. I will go months without wanting sex to suddenly craving it constantly, almost wanting to jump anyone
I told my psychiatrist about this but he just said that "people who THINK they have got bipolar usually donīt" and that was it!!!
I then went to my doctor and asked to be assesed but she didnīt know anything about the illness and said i should talk to my psychiatrist again
Now i just feel so stupid! Who will listen to me i wonder, like where can i go to get help or find out if i do suffer from it???