What's the Longest Depressive Episode?

I have bipolar II and have been in a fairly severe depressive episode since August 4th.

What's the longest depressive episode you've had? Is there an end in sight for me to this episode? Someone please tell me yes.

Yes it will end eventually. I have heard of them lasting very short and a long time. August is a long time. I send my hope and positive vibes your way. It is so hard and I feel you. I am there too.

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Over 6 months. Not all of it was terrible.

I'm not sure, but I bet I could be in the Guinness Book of World Records if there was a place for it! But yes, I'm sure there is hope for you. I've just been in a really bad mood for the past 45 years.

Well, I don't know. I feel like I've been in a major depression most of my life. I suppose I've had periods of time when I was more depressed or less depressed. But things have never changed quickly enough for me to say that this was the start of a period & that was the end. It's all just a blur...

I've had depression last over a year, but with some days worse than others. During depression I'll have days when I can't do anything, can't eat, can't sleep, just lost in despair, and other days where it's not that bad, but I still feel low and like everything is meaningless. It's hard to remember how long any of this lasts for, because when I'm in it it feels like I have always felt that way, and I will always feel that way. I think the longest I stayed in serious depression in one stretch was probably a year or more. It's really so hard to remember because it all blurs together. Most recently, I was depressed from about Nov-Apr, but it never got to an extreme state this time. I'm still not feeling totally good, but it's a lot better. I think I'm usually on the depressive side, so I don't really know what euthymia is supposed to feel like. Maybe I'll never know.

Mine was 6 months, but I was on the wrong meds so I don't know if that counts...

I always lean toward the depressive side and it can get really bad. I had one serious episode that lasted over a year. The worst time of my life

I'm like Plzsti - over a year of horrible black depression.

2 Years. Was horrible.

Somewhere around a year for me. Pure hell. **** that ****.

It's hard to really say because everything just kind of blurs together. I want to say my longest was probably 6-8 months long; but I couldn't say for sure.


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