Is something wrong or am i making a big deal over nothing?

[OrangeBracelet-x]

I think i may have rapid-cycling something or other disorder..
I can go from feeling pretty normal - well just kinda empty/no emotion really.. to being depressed, hating everything (mainly myself), crying and really cannot be botherd to do anything etc... and i can flick from that to laughing madly over literally nothing, feeling pressure to say a hundred things which i dont even notice im thinking about ... I can get all of that in one day.. sometimes i can go from high to low 3 or 4 times in a day... sometimes im depressed for a few days with periods of feeling normal between... and then suddenly get a high mood which doesnt tend to last for over an hour.. it can last literally about 3 minutes sometimes =/

Could this be rapid-cycling... or something ?
I've had this about 2 years... sometimes it has just been depression with periods of normal mood (like each day I could be depressed with periods of normal mood.. sometimes depressed a few days without normal mood though)... but then quite often my moods fluctuate ALOT.. but the high mood hardly lasts long and it is so confusing...

Its driving me mad.. what is wrong with me? Or is this just normal.... is nothing wrong with me?
I am supposed to be getting my first appointment with.. people in a young persons mental health unit at the hospital soon... but this is really driving me mad.. im unsure if anything is wrong and seriously doubting myself =|.. am i making a big deal of nothing?

thanks.. for any help :)

[Minotaur]

OrangeBracelet: I have exactly the same thing! I go from being stressed, paranoid and moody to laughing hysterically for no reason in a matter of minutes. It doesn't make sense...

Do your depressive moods last longer than your happy ones? Mine have for the past few months but I still do get random spells of being totally manic. My moods vary as frequently as the weather does.

Thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only one with this.

[OrangeBracelet-x]

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Originally Posted by seize the day

OrangeBracelet: I have exactly the same thing! I go from being stressed, paranoid and moody to laughing hysterically for no reason in a matter of minutes. It doesn't make sense...

Do your depressive moods last longer than your happy ones? Mine have for the past few months but I still do get random spells of being totally manic. My moods vary as frequently as the weather does.

Thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only one with this.

yess, me depressive mood does always last longer than my happy mood!
wow.. im not alone then... wonder whats wrong with us? lol :P

[Minotaur]

It could be Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) but I'm not sure...

I'm scared of going to the Dr. about it because I don't want them to think that I'm just an attention-seeker, like people always do when I complain about psychological problems...*sigh*

[OrangeBracelet-x]

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Originally Posted by seize the day

It could be Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) but I'm not sure...

I'm scared of going to the Dr. about it because I don't want them to think that I'm just an attention-seeker, like people always do when I complain about psychological problems...*sigh*

I'm the same - worried about going incase it is nothing... id hate it to be nothing.. because then - what am i complaining about, im just ****ed in the head then.. i would rather have a name for it =/

although, i am seeing a doctor.. and being reffered to someplace at the hospital .. although my doctor hasnt so much grasped the idea of the 'high' moods i get.. she just seems to know about the low mood.. which kinda sucks but i figured id tell the people she is reffering me to as they will know more anyway.