[MINIME]

Are these severe mood swings normal with ptsd? I get so triggered and I cry and cant cope well then when I am not having flashbacks or being severely triggered I am very happy?

[chalmette70043]

Hi Minime.

I, like you, get the bad mood swings and those %#@&#! flashbacks. I'm told time and again they are from both the ptsd and bipolar mix. For the first two years after the storm i had no crying jags, had no crying at all. But the last year have gone through those off and on. I've had my highs (mania), but nothing i'd call happy.

What does your pdoc say about what you got going on?

[MINIME]

chalmette, thanks for replying. I dont have a pdoc. I am on no meds. I didnt really even consider them mood swings until my therapists said something yesterday. She said you can sound like 2 totally different people. I am like well um yes, when I have flashbacks and stuff it upsets me and overwhelms me but when things are ok I am pretty much a happy person. I just dont wear ptsd well at all. So i dont know what she really thinks. I am assuming that mood swings are from ptsd because I have no other dx. Who knows. I will ask my emdr therapist on thursday. I will let u know what she says.

[emilyjeanne]

Hi Minime!

I too have PTSD and since I began intensive treatment my moods have been like a roller coaster. Like you, when I have the flashbacks I am depressed and always thinking about suicide. But when the "clouds" clear I feel happy and am able to function like a normal person. The difference is remarkable. For instance last Saturday I was going to die. But by Thursday it was like I never felt that way.

Keep your head up and keep working with your T. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. At least that is what they tell me.