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Does anyone else notice depression coming in cycles with just BPD? I have only been diagnosed with BPD and not bipolar. I don't seem to have extreme highs. I have noticed that i'll go a couple of months feeling "fine", and then about a 3 month cycle of depression. It's like 3 months I'm fine and then 3 months I'm depressed?
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i can not say that i can relate to this. maybe you have better meds.?.?.?
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I'm not taking any meds at all..
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Yes! I can be absolutely fine for months, and then low for months (or 'up' for weeks). I am diagnosed with BPD only, not depression.
Don't really have anything useful to say I'm afraid, but I can relate. I hope you're doing okay. __________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising up every time we fall.
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Yep I get this too, although the cycles aren't normally as long as 3 months.
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I've just been tracking my mood for awhile and I see this pattern of depression. Unfortunately mine does last 3 months at a time and it's horrible. I feel myself coming up on my 3 months of depression, I've been fine for the last couple of months. I'm wondering if since I know about it if I can be proactive and take measures to try and catch it before it hits.. hmm.. I am going to start working out again and eating better, I do have an Rx for Welbutrin that I could start.. Glad to know the cycle might just be a part of BPD..
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^Agree. It is horrendous. My lows can last quite a long time, longest was a year. But then I can have a year of feeling okay if I'm lucky so I guess it balances out!
I do find that learning your 'warning signs' helps. It doesn't make stop it, but for me identifying early when things are slipping means that I can generally avoid getting to the point where I completely stop functioning. Exercise and healthy diet definitely help as well. Whether you start the Welbutrin is up to you but I would say it's worth a go. I actually find medication incredibly helpful. __________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising up every time we fall.
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Yep, def understand exactly what you are saying. I can have severe depressions lasting from 2 months to at least six months or more. I can't say that I feel ''fine'' the rest of the time, I just kinda ''get by''. When depressed I completely isolate and hide under the duvet for up to 17 hours a day. My Psych Dr refuses to prescribe antidepressents saying I don't get depressed!!! How strange to state that when it completely cripples my life and renders me suicidal. I have been hospitalised a number of times over the last 30 years and officially diagnosed BPD 4 years ago. |
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Yes, I can relate. I'm in a depressed cycle right now actually. I have fluctuating moods daily but when it comes to the depression it can be a steady cloud over me for a few months. Then I'll be alright for a while, not constantly sad, but I always know it'll come back again.
Makes me feel like just ending it all lately. It's a never ending cycle of unhappiness. __________________ Allie Diagnosed: Generalized Anxiety Disorder & Obsessive Compulsive Disoder. Previous: Borderline Personality Disorder. I no longer qualify for a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, but there will always be my borderline traits that I struggle with especially during times of great stress. I've been working passionately as a therapist since December 2016
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For me, my Bipolar II symptoms look a lot like that. Cycles of depression/normal.
I hit an occasional high that the full intensity lasts a while, but from the outside it looks like I'm just feeling good. There is a definite internal boiling feeling inside me, though. Thank God for mood stabilizers! |
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I'm more like you in this, atomic, in that I have short-term various (2-5 or so days) states - including depression bouts (as well as daily moods) - within longer-term cycling. I've not been diagnosed, but it gets more and more convincing (to my husband as well as me) that I'm BPD with moderate cyclothymia.
I haven't felt like ending it all for a little while, but I sure am hanging out to just feel some confidence and motivation again - so I can actually DO some interesting and worthwhile things!! (and feel like an interesting and worthwhile person) __________________ "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." Goethe |
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