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Originally Posted by redphiend
Hi. I'm new to this, and have only just signed up because i'm tired of my changing moods. I'm still not sure if what I have is Bipolar because it doesn't sound severe enough. I'm just tired of feeling half-crazy all the time. Sometimes my moods will change in a day- feeling awful then one thing can make me feel great for a short period, then i'll feel awful again or i'll feel 'hyper' for the rest of the evening. Or having great energy and wanting to do loads, which then changes to wanting to simply stop. I don't know if I could call it 'mania' as such though. It feels like i'm on a two weekly cycle when i'm feeling great and in control, but then it's as if i've got PMT symptoms when my period isn't due!
Any comments on this would be appreciated!  |
Hello,
If you are having mood swings, the first thing you should do is get a checkup. Hormonal imbalances can mimic bipolar disorder... Since your moods are cycling like that I would suggest getting your estrogen, testosterone (total and free), and progesterone during the follicular (day 1-3) and luteal (day 19-21) of your cycle... If you go to the doctor and it is not during one of these days of your cycle, get them to give you the order for the testing and get the testing done as an outpatient at a hospital or clinic on those days!!!
Also thyroid disorders can mimic bipolar disorder...I know several people who were psychotic and diagnosed BP but found to have thyroid disease years later that cured everything. Thyroid testing would be TSH, Free T3, Free T4, and Thyroid anbibodies... There are also other deficiencies that can mimic bipolar disorder or cause depression so please get checked out and finally a good psychiatrist is important until you can get all of the proper testing!
I personally have spent the past 10 years of my life suffering psyhosis for 10 days every month believing that it was hormonal and not getting anyone to listen to me only to discover 3 weeks ago (after years of begging to get my hormones tested) that a small amount of estrogen CURED my psychosis...not my depression or mood swings yet...but my psychosis was a major part of my illness!
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me by PM!
Best Wishes,
TJ
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Thyroid disorders can cause depression and can mimic bipolar disorder... Please read below regarding one form, hypothyroidism, and have your numbers checked...TSH, T3, T4, Free T3, Free T4, and Thyroid Antibodies (for Graves Disease and Hashimotos Disease (which mimics BP)