[tallulahxoxo]

Sometimes it feels as though there is a switch in my brain and suddenly my mood, thoughts, attitude, opinion, and perception of the world change drastically.

Anyone relate????

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[SillyMom]

Yes omg so me. I always thought it was just my crazy self

35, BP
married 3 kids (17,14, 2)

[Wanderlust90]

Absolutely. This is exactly what I experience sometimes! I said it to my pdoc, he said that it was strange.

[hopeless2015]

Definitely

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[BrazenApogee]

I think I have several switches.
The freak out switch, the shut down switch, the super shaky switch. I wish I could find the super chill out switch.

[MusicLover82]

I feel a definite dramatic change when my hypomania or depression is over and I'm back to feeling normal. I call that the "veil being lifted." That's what it feels like. It's as if everything looks different and feels different, like a veil being taken off my field of vision. I know that's not exactly what you are referring to, but that's my experience with a "switch."

[wildflowerchild25]

Totally relate!

[st0psign]

ive also got a switch for my control over a situation, once it flips my hands are tied and things just kinda roll onwards.

[gina_re]

YES!!!!!

[annielovesbacon]

Yes absolutely! For me going from depression to hypo is an unpredictable instant switch, but the come down back to depression is slower, not as immediate.

[gina_re]

I've always thought about this regarding how my behavior takes a dramatic turn for no reason. I've explained it like having a switch in my brain to others, but I don't think they fully comprehend what I mean.

[tallulahxoxo]

Originally Posted by BrazenApogee

I think I have several switches.
The freak out switch, the shut down switch, the super shaky switch. I wish I could find the super chill out switch.

Lol I want to find the chill switch as well. 😊

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is this what is called rapid cycling?

[Anrea]

Yes, I have this.

[jules77]

yess!!! sometimes it happens and lasts for a while, sometimes it happens a couple times a day. Wonder if it is just my type of cycling, because it can really affect my actions and mood shifts. bleh

[zepchic]

Yes, sometimes that switch tells me I should stop taking my meds. recently all of a sudden I was compelled to take the one I had stopped, whereas previously I had some kind of resistence-can't figure out what tipped it.

[tallulahxoxo]

Originally Posted by zepchic

Yes, sometimes that switch tells me I should stop taking my meds. recently all of a sudden I was compelled to take the one I had stopped, whereas previously I had some kind of resistence-can't figure out what tipped it.

That happens to me all of the time. Sometimes I think it's all a conspiracy and I stop taking them.
Recently, though, I have decider to stay on then no matter what.

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[Darlingminx]

I just switched from being in a good mood, looking forward to my date tonight...to feeling really irritable and angry. Ugh!!! This is really bad timing! I hope I don't get sleepy next bc that won't b romantic AT ALL. This sux.
Glad I have a place to vent

I never notice the suddenness, but perception changes can hit instantly. Like when you learn something new and suddenly everything appears different. It's kinda cool sometimes, but can be scary as well. (((Hugs)))

[tallulahxoxo]

Originally Posted by ElsaMars

I never notice the suddenness, but perception changes can hit instantly. Like when you learn something new and suddenly everything appears different. It's kinda cool sometimes, but can be scary as well. (((Hugs)))

Thank you for that. You added some sanity to it. (;

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[cashart10]

This has happened only recently since my husband wants to leave. I can just think about it and tear up or sometimes become very angry. I can go from good mood to bad mood fairly quickly.

[tallulahxoxo]

Originally Posted by cashart10

This has happened only recently since my husband wants to leave. I can just think about it and tear up or sometimes become very angry. I can go from good mood to bad mood fairly quickly.

I am so sorry ):

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[Icare dixit]

It's anxiety, trepidation, I believe. In the following, emotions equal what is sometimes called (emotional) valence, salience or meaningfulness. I see emotions as valency/salience, anxiety as something separate. Emotions positive, anxiety (also, in some ways) negative.

Claustrophobia, agoraphobia, fear of mania and fear of depression. First two (mostly) figuratively.

As long you can see where to go, things are more meaningful than other things, you feel fine. You can see contrasts, as it were. You have a feeling or direction. When things are always the same you feel confined. Anxiety fills an emotional void. You are lost and stuck. You panic.

If you see few possible ways to go, thing get increasingly more meaningful, you feel great. You have a very strong feeling of direction. When you then reach a dead end or you fear you might, you suddenly feel confined. Anxiety fills an emotional void. You feel cornered, overwhelmed. You panic.

The moment of panic is the switch.

The moment you are completely blinded by darkness and the moment you are completely blinded by light. Seeing nothing and seeing just a little are very, frighteningly different.

But the panic may set in sooner once you associate the change in light with either depression or mania. If you do, you might pole-switch to the other extreme again. You might keep on panicking, leading too rapid mood fluctuations. That might depress you in itself, (only) rationally. Thoughts begin to play catch-up with your emotions, mixing things up.

It's loony tunes.

[tallulahxoxo]

Originally Posted by Icare dixit

It's anxiety, trepidation, I believe. In the following, emotions equal what is sometimes called (emotional) valence, salience or meaningfulness. I see emotions as valency/salience, anxiety as something separate. Emotions positive, anxiety (also, in some ways) negative.

Claustrophobia, agoraphobia, fear of mania and fear of depression. First two (mostly) figuratively.

As long you can see where to go, things are more meaningful than other things, you feel fine. You can see contrasts, as it were. You have a feeling or direction. When things are always the same you feel confined. Anxiety fills an emotional void. You are lost and stuck. You panic.

If you see few possible ways to go, thing get increasingly more meaningful, you feel great. You have a very strong feeling of direction. When you then reach a dead end or you fear you might, you suddenly feel confined. Anxiety fills an emotional void. You feel cornered, overwhelmed. You panic.

The moment of panic is the switch.

The moment you are completely blinded by darkness and the moment you are completely blinded by light. Seeing nothing and seeing just a little are very, frighteningly different.

But the panic may set in sooner once you associate the change in light with either depression or mania. If you do, you might pole-switch to the other extreme again. You might keep on panicking, leading too rapid mood fluctuations. That might depress you in itself, (only) rationally. Thoughts begin to play catch-up with your emotions, mixing things up.

It's loony tunes.

Wow thank you that was an amazing read.

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[Icare dixit]

This might just be me, but I also have a fear of the absence of mania. Another fear of mania, of something starting mania, is mixed in with that one.

In other words, I'm stuck. Unless I'm manic. Then I fear mania.

I also self-sabotage, so I don't try to become manic. I just wait for depression.

In other words (even without the extra difficulties), insight is depressing. I'm stuck.