Mental Health Discussion
I'm a little bit nervous about starting this thread but since nobody knows here in real life, I'll ask it anyways. Has anyone been diagnosed with Bipolar II or Cyclothymia? I've always had mood swings but chalked it up to just that and hormones. It wasn't until a family member sat me down at Christmas break to talk about my behavior (she's been diagnosed with BP) and shared her suspicions. Looking back now, it all makes sense. What I think as a hypomanic phase/episode is honestly scary. I went through one in December (always energetic, rarely slept, working out like crazy, impulsive, engaged in some risky behavior (nothing illegal), weird ideas and goals, etc). My friends were honestly very worried about me. And then I will hit a wall or depressive phase for about 2 weeks and that's not fun either and go back to baseline. I kind of realized last night that I was in the tailspin of another hypomanic episode but nowhere near as bad as December but still not "normal behavior" or anywhere near normal for me. I've never had a "major" episode. I have noticed a pattern in that when I get migraines lasting longer than 2-3 days, its usually when I'm in a hypomanic episode. I do have an appointment with a counselor/psychologist at University on the next steps to take.
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