What is Bipolar II Disorder? Mental Health with Kati Morton
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It would be amazing to have a video where you laid out the differences between mania and hypomania.
Samantha Sanna The main difference between mania and hypomania is that mania is often accompanied by some form of psychosis, whereas hypomania usually is not, and mania usually lasts longer than hypomania.
and normal please (differences among mania, hypomania and normal..)
after I watch this video, feels like what I used to think 'normal' state seems to be 'hypomania'.
The main difference is severity and psychosis. Hypomania can feel really high but you still retain at least some reasoning skills. Fullblow mania can see people into a mental hospital. Hypomania you can function as a supercharged version of you.
Samantha Sanna that's exactly what I was looking for
Mania= can think your really God....think you are indestructible...higher chance of getting sent to a phyc ward for a danger to yourself or others.
Hypomanic= Usually less pronounced. You feel real sexy.....have lots of great plans to things you can never reasonably do or will finish....talk quite fast....lots of energy.....
This isn't perfect but it's an idea. People with 2 are hypo manic people with 1 are manic. Type 2 get more deep depression than hypo manic where type 1 seem to get a decent amount of both. This is as far as I understand it...im not a doctor though
I have bipolar II, and after a very long, tedious, and at times incredibly distressing process of finding the right therapist, the right psychiatrist, and the right medication, I'm doing things I never thought I could. Thank you for posting this. It sincerely makes me feel seen and understood.
Hillary Laskonis what meds are you on
Hey woul y mind if we chat? Pmease
" easily distracted, hard to stay on task"
Me: juggling texts and replying to social media comments while coming back and forth to watch the video simultaneously to figure out what is wrong with me.
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Well being diagnosed as bipolar 2. Hypomania I can only speak for myself was very goal driven. Excessive energy feeling fantastic !! You have a stronger libido but I've always controlled myself... Depressive state very lethargic depressed not motivated feeling like crap :( non productive
+Michelle Bear Yeah. I remember getting so involved in my church but not really involved. I mean, I volunteered occasionally but I sort of kept my distance. I remember being so high off of all of my art projects or meditating and feeling high off of that. Or being in the car listening to my music and up loud, getting anxiety and obsessing about a truck with spikes on it's wheel...rapid cycle speech.
Me too to u get headaches also
Michelle Bear lucky I could never control my sex drive in either state
Michelle Bear, very goal driven here as well, lots of energy, alternating cycles of sleeping 5 hours a night for several days then 7 hours a night for several days. Guitar player, so had to be one of the best which I through focus got myself to achieve (have been reviewed by music journalists) but as with many artists at some sacrifice which in my case my family got the short end by not seeing me as often. There have been some darker sides as well. If given the opportunity would not give up Bipolar Two since that is who I am. If others would gladly give it up, I completely understand.
I'm the same way
I would really like to see a video about the obsessive, irrational thinking side of bipolar disorder, and maybe a little more of the anxiety side as well! 👍🏻
yes! That sums up my biplar disorder not this mania crap lol
CandiceBritt22 Well you can call me 🤙
I’share my personal experience on my diagnosis in my channel to give more insight!:)
Same!
I have bipolar II and one time I stayed awake for 3 days. I had all kinds of ideas going through my mind.
Hi Kati. First let me say that I love your videos. They have been so helpful to me. I have suffered from Bipolar II for a very long time, but it was always diagnosed as depression. It was only diagnosed as Bipolar II about a year ago (after 15 or so years of being misdiagnosed as depression). My psychiatrist did something that no other had ever done. She didn't prescribe me any medication on the first visit. She made me keep a mood journal for a week. Every time my mood changed, I had to write it down and if there was any trigger to this mood. After reading it, she concluded that I had Bipolar II. My hypomania usually displays itself as irritability, but sometimes I do have an elevated mood and feel like I can get things done and often I do get a lot done. I am a writer and musician, as well as having chores around the house, so I sometimes like when hypomania presents this way. My psychiatrist has been amazing and put me on a new med mix that works well for me. She also took me off antidepressants because she told me that often times they can make Bipolar II worse. I still struggle with this, but through medication and therapy, it has become more manageable. I also understand my illness much better. It is still very difficult for people I am close to because it's not easy to understand and deal with, but they are supportive and willing to work with me. I'm sorry this was so long, but I wanted to share my story and what
I've been going through, and I hope this may help others as well.
Echo Nyx everyone goes through it differently. I guess got you your mood changes at a weekly basis. For me my hypomania episode would last at least 4 days. And my depressive episode would last 2+ weeks
I wish in My country or my region it'll easy for me to get proper treatment.
Oh wow I thought I was reading my own comment haha. It took me 15 years to see the hypomania for what it actually was, and another month of sitting on the medication to finally try it. So much strength and healing to you, fellow warrior! ❤
I was once asked when was the last time I felt happy or happiness and I couldn't answer. I wonder sometimes if I actually can. I am bipolar 2 and struggle greatly although I always work and try to function in society.
For 4 years I’ve been misdiagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. On Friday, I saw a psychiatrist for the first time in 4 years (I’ve been seeing a regular doctor to prescribe my antidepressants) because I was dealing with really bad paranoid thoughts, and in the end he diagnosed me w/ Bipolar II. I was shocked and I still am. I’ve been watching so many videos and researching this disorder to the end to understand how I function. I’m on Olanzapine right now to help with both the Bipolar and Psychosis, along with my eating disorder.
I was diagnosed at 14... I never wanted to believe I was manic depressive but now that I’m 30 I can see why I was diagnosed and am finally willing to get help
Are you type 1 or 2?
I have been diagnosed many years ago with Bipolar 2 disorder and I can't thank you enough for putting it out there. This is one of the most miss interpreted mental illnesses out there! People are scared of "us" and think we are crazy and non functional, yet with the proper medication support we are very functional!! There is so much to be said and I don't really want to get into it... but basically ignorance is NOT bliss. If you have a loved one, family member, friend, partner, spouse or whatever, you HAVE to go get educated and do research, otherwise you will not coupe and nor would they!! If you don't care to do this, you don't really care about that person.
BiPolar II is a curse for me. I have had constant mood swings these last two years and even lost a lot of confidence in myself because of the issues my mood swings have put me in. I don't ever get the typical "mania high" like some other people I know with bipolar, but I do have to constantly stay on top of my irritability. A lot of people I talk with outside of the psych world don't understand the difference between hypomania and mania, they see it as the same thing. Ugh. I'm glad I have doctors to help me, but it's a struggle and I feel for anyone dealing with it in any way, whether it's through family, friends, or yourself.
Thank you. :) I'm glad there are people like you out there to set the records straight.
I notice that there are things in my life that I’m unhappy about and randomly I’ll be filled with motivation and make changes and I’ll feel great about myself afterwards and shortly after I’ll start to feel depressed and I don’t know why or where it’s coming from and because I can’t pin it to anything I just wait it out. It can be weeks or months.
Hypomania is great, unless it's the irritable side of it. Me and my mother suffer from this type of hypomania a lot, it's so difficult to keep friends and family together.
I love the thrilling and energetic side of Hypomania but the irritable side I despise because I can be very cutthroat honest with others or I sometimes I try to hold it in but eventually I’ll snap and lash out on people
Was misdiagnosed with depression for *decades* and so went through so many medications that had adverse or no effects, I just gave up on treatment.
It wasn't until a Nurse Practitional gave me Wellbutrin to quit smoking that things changed.
Wellbutrin had such a horrible effect on me--including suicidal ideation--that I checked myself into a mental hospital so I could withdraw under medical supervision. That was when I finally got the correct diagnosis and effective treatment.
I've been completely stable on a mood stabilizer for several years now, with only extremely mild dips and rises from time to time. (Kinda miss the hypomania, though...)
I have been misdiagnosed for years. I was told I suffered from situational depression, PTSD and anxiety. I have spent decades reading self help books, trying to think positive so I could will myself to be better and saw many therapists who I just didn't feel safe enough to share. Recently I stumbled across a wonderful psychiatrist who took the time to listen. She picked a therapist and 3 months in with the right meds and a safe environment to open up I have hope. I love your videos and your explanation of bipolar 2 was so helpful. Thank you so much!
it's crazy to watch this and realize looking back on everything I feel and that happens I see so much of the things you are talking about in my life in my feelings.
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 8. Just this last monday I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 disorder. They told me I was misdiagnosed. I had a panic attack in the office because I freaked out, all i heard was Bipolar. I honestly thought Bipolar was the worst mental disorder, but I think that there are so many other things out there that could be worse. My father being a psych nurse told me where as regular Bipolar 1 is very hard to medicate, where as Bipolar 2 is very treatable. It threw me because I am now 22, and was misdiagnosed for 14 years. Thank you so much for your video, it really helped calm my mind and hard about this. Totally subscribing.
Sleep, appetite, energy and attitude are very important for my BP2. If i loose weight quickly, i know im headed for an episode. Prior to treatment, i had 3 to 4 episodes a year. Now..... Maybe one. My episode is shorter in length and intensity. Healing and therapy are a great resource too.
Wow, I knew that I had Major Depressive Disorder but through your videos have learned that I may actually be Bipolar 2.
Thank you for your videos You do a great job informing and advising on this platform.
I was diagnosed with depression for 5 years in the UK and medication never worked, however within a few months of moving to the States I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2, receiving care from a psychiatrist and on different medication and feeling better than I have in years. I still have bad days and weeks but there is hope!!!
These have really helped a lot after getting my diagnosis. I knew NOTHING. Literally nothing and I know so much more now, so thank you.
I really want to thank you for sharing this topics on video and expanding the reality of the situations that we as people with mental disorder experience. I was diagnosed until my early 30's with bipolar II and it rocked my world that I've been feeling this irational for years and passed thru so many and all kinds of doctors and never explore the possibility of me being bipolar. It took me a broken foot, thousands of dollars expended in shopping sprees and 2 suicide attempts(not exactly in that order), for a psychiatrist to properly diagnose me and got me on the correct treatment for last 3 years. I spent my late teen years and all of my 20's full of uncerntainty because sometines I felt empty and others flooded with joy, positivity and purpose like no one around me. Once again thank you for spreading the word. Videos like this one humanize us, and you're so on point I'm more than my disorder.
thank you so much. I never had mania I realized after watching this.. thank you SOOOO much
I want to sleep but I just can't
Yeah I’ve had plenty of nights like that. I’ve had night when I couldn’t sleep and it made me frustrated and irritable yet I’ve also had nights when I was more creat and energetic which made me feel like a million bucks. That’s Mania/Hypomania for ya
I know how that feels.
The thing with me is that I never had a major depressive episode for 2 weeks because I got medicated early. I saw a lot of the signs of bipolar disorder in me, and my family has a long history of the disorder, so I got on meds before these things got too bad. I also used to be on an antidepressant so I was a little hypomanic for 5 years. Once my psychiatrist took me off that and got me on lithium I became a lot more balanced. So many times it's up to a therapist's or psychiatrist's best judgment as to whether or not to diagnose you even if you don't fully fit the DSM diagnostic criteria. I like to think of the DSM as a tool but doctors and therapists can work around it.
After watching this video, I've truly realized that I need to seek medical help and treatment to get checked out. All of the things about hypomania you said describe me and mine actually lasted about a few months until today where I feel like I crashed. Thank you for explaining this topic in depth.
Hi Kati! First of all, thank you for your videos. You are knowledgeable while being down to earth and that makes you fun to watch! I was diagnosed with chronic depression in my early 20s, and 20 years later, found out I'm BP II. I'm glad you mentioned how it's easy and common to misdiagnose BPII.as depression. I decided to go for help, initially, for my awful depressions, which occured the same time every year and lasted at least 6 months. I never questioned my diagnosis of chronic depression because I didn't recognise my hypomanic times as anything other than my personality when I was finally feeling good again! I stumbled upon information on BP II, which I had never heard of, and started connecting more and more dots as I began my research. So that lead to my diagnosis. I'm still struggling with finding the right meds because I'm so resistant to them. I get on them, they work, then they stop working. ANyhoo, just writing because you said you wanted to hear from us! Be careful what you ask for, haha! Again, thank you for making me feel a little less like a freak alone in a normal crowd. You inspired me to write a blog which is therapeutic and fun (and completely insane!) And keep making videos. Love ya!
Thank you xx
This helps to clarify a few things. Much appreciated.
When i first started seeing a clinical psychologist last year he said he thought I had social anxiety disorder and ptsd from past trauma that I had talked a bit about. This week I finally got brave enough to tell him everything that's been going on, even what I considered the "crazy" stuff. He changed my diagnosis to bipolar and thinks it is bipolar 2. I've just started on a mood stabilizer and I'm hoping it works. So relieved to finally have a diagnosis that makes sense from everything I've read and watched about bipolar so far. Thank you for making these videos.
I just recently started seeing a psychiatrist, and I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2. Thank you for making this video!!
Thank you for making this video. I have Bipolar II and I don't think people really realize how dangerous and debilitating it can be. Thankfully I have an awesome doctor and a combination of meds that really work.
I enjoy my blessing now. its amazing how it can be turned into your strength. like superpower. I like the way your able to break it down for people to understand. its a big help for everyone .thank you.
yep.I'm type 2 with major depressive disorder. You are a great person for doing this. Most people won't seek help. You rock.
My partner has Bipolar II and he kept smiling at me, while I watched this, because Kati's description is spot on.
Hey Kati, diagnosed Bipolar 2 decade ago. Since October, loss of career began suicidal ideation and darkness. Genetic study yielded treatment resistant diagnoses. Thank you for your videos and uplifting personality. You’re my go to in between my own sessions. Be blessed.
Thank you for these fantastic videos, Kati!
I was recently diagnosed bipolar type 2 and it makes so much sense now looking at all my past issues and my actions while being my own make so much more sense why I did the things I've done.
Hi Kati
I was diagnosed with bipolar one over 20 years ago now on my third wife and taking the right meds for me, the other two wife's never wanted to talk about my illness until wife no. 3.
My life is tremendously better then it was year's ago, we talk about everything an i love it.
Thank you for your videos
Great video Kati.
I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder less than a year ago. I was first diagnosed with clinical depression. Thanks for the video Kati- and keep up the great work.
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Kati! I love your videos! I'm 15 and I suffer from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have been seeing the school counsellor and she told me I have mild to severe depression. My Arthritis makes it extremely hard at school but I hate talking to people about my problems because I feel that my problems are nothing compared to others. X
I’ve been diagnosed with ADD since I was a kid, but since I got out of the army I had been going through occasional depression. Typically when I made the appointment I was in a very dark place, but by the time I went to the appointment I was “back to normal” but would still list off the symptoms I had been having at the time. I have been prescribed around 15 different antidepressants/ssri meds and every single one of them either made me suicidal or (if I was to guess what being on meth was like) super cracked out. I eventually stopped going because the answer everyone had for me just made me worse. I recently went to an obgyn appointment where she actually took the time to go through everything with me. (At that point I was thinking maybe it was hormone related) and she told me to ask my doctor about bipolar disorder, especially with my reaction to antidepressants. Between these videos and her I feel like I might have a little hope of feeling better and getting into a more stable position. Thank you so much ❤️
Thanks so much Katie ☺I wonder why he never gave me that diagnosis? I always thought in the back of my mind,that is what I had. Thanks again for getting back to me.
Yes this needs to be explained....the amount of people claiming to be bi-polar is unbelievable. I am a public worker and just about everyone claims they are bi-polar.
I believe i am Bipolar type 2 and I do share some of the experiances of the diagnosis but I listened and understood you Ms. Morton so I can further understand my diagnosis.Thanks!!!!!!
You have helped me and my family so much after watching your videos I have decided to seek treatment Ty.
Thank you Kati!
Hi Kati. I was initially diagnosis with moderate to severe depression. Then re diagnosed ss type 2 bipolar. Listening to your video makes sense. The hypo mania followed by crushing depression.
I was just diagnosed. I knew some about the disorder, but this helps a lot. Thank you. The hypomania is exactly what I have sometimes and it can be a little scary when I suddenly want to do like fifty things when normally I don't want to do anything.
Thank you for this. My doctor is thinking I may be bipolar and I don’t understand it all. This is helping me wrap my head around it all.
I found this video so helpful, thank you!!
I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder and this helped me understand what I was diagnosed with. It really does describe me perfectly.
I found out when I was 26 I've , tried therapy and meds for years now, balance is important and trying to stay on top of it is so important
You’re awesome Kati!! Keep it up!! I love the channel!! It’s helped me tremendously!!
Thanks much!!!❤️
I have an exam today and you made it VERY clear to me! Thank you very much
I am BP2 and didn't know I was for years. I would get depressed for long periods and then sometimes very up and energetic even euphoric with music and art projects etc. I seldom finished projects and would do so many things (scattered forces etc) but I remember before I knew about BP2 thinking that was 'normal'. I got put on antidepressants in my 20s and they make me feel weird so I would quit taking them etc etc and then I started to abuse drugs (cocaine) and it started to make me do irrational things and was ruining my life. I got clean for a while and was at the gym every day and had to do my routine or I felt out of sink...maybe I'm OCD too..anyway I went through some really traumatic things like my second wife dying and me being the one who found her...I was on oxycontin for an injury and it was like speed to me. I crossed the line into heroin addiction ( and cocaine again) and after several years went to a psychiatrist and he put me on lamictal and I started to get better and feel 'normal'...after a while I didn't think I needed it and went through a loss ( death in the family) and relapsed on drugs again- totally devastating financially and several months of depression. My question is I am in treatment now, back on meds seeing a psychiatrist once a week and he's trying to find the right combination of meds for me, I'm slowly getting my dose back up on lamictal and on seroquil at night... I am feeling depressed part of the day and also have phases of up or elated moods and sometimes they feel like they happen at once... ??? I feel pretty good for a day or two then have thoughts of suicide. I've never had anything like this happen and its kind of scary... maybe its because of only being off drugs for 3 or 4 weeks or have the drugs made my condition worse? I'm hoping I can stabilize and am trying to work with doctor. Any thoughts or advice? Thanks
My doctor just told me that she was sure that I was bi-polar II. I have known about bi-polar for YEARS, and I always thought that I didn't recognize the "MANIA" part of it, but besides that, I thought that it fit on my personality. I never paid much attention to it, until last week when my psychiatrist said she was 99% sure that I was bi-polar, and I said right away: "No, I don't have mania". She knew already and said I was hypomanic... I basically blew it off, but after researching it, I identify with it sooo much. I am afraid that I am in fact bi-polar.
Rick Jones how is lamactil working for you I'm wanting to try it does it help your moods? How much seroquel are you on? Is it for sleep?
Rick Jones Just keep on doing what you're doing you are definitely on the right track and you will make it as I did. God bless you Brother...
Hey Rick Jones, I think you’re brave. I’m sorry you’ve had a tough go, but keep on keeping on. Stay strong.
Thank you... yes I've been clean multiple years now which has definitely helped my mental health and continue to see a psychiatrist every month and go to therapy... groups even. I have added an anti depressant (wellbutrin) to my Lamictal and seroquil for sleep. I appreciate your positive and caring comments
Thanks for the info!! I'm 33 years old & I've been diagnosed as having major depressive disorder since I was 16, and was just diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder a couple weeks ago. I always wondered if I had some form of it, but was told I didn't by several different psychiatrists before this one. Anyway, my doctor was in a hurry & kind of rushed me out of the room after telling me this (we only get a max of 15 mins. where I go), so this was very helpful. Thanks! ☺
Thank you so much for this video. In all honesty I understand all of this already, at an intimate level. I did my research before I even discussed Bipolar Depression II disorder with my Psychiatrist. He confirmed. But my mother... My mother is greatly confused. So thank you for this video, because I have been arguing for months with my mother over this but she refuses to do the proper research so I'm doing it for her. Thank you for explaining so I now have a video to show her.
I love your videos!
I'm in the middle of trying to sort out a diagnosis with my psychiatrist. It's amazing a mood disorder diagnosis can totally shift, or have serious doubts, about what you previously considered your reality. It's also interesting how our bodies/brains can pretty much make us thing or believe anything it wants. Seems pretty clear that an autoimmune flare up triggered the major depressive episode as I literally woke up one morning as I was well on the road to physical recovery and BAM I couldn't get outta bed. 4-5 weeks of that was brand new and scary.
Today however, it's 5:55am and I've been up all night working on creative stuff. Sleep an average of about 3 hrs a day and only when my body crashes. It's laughable how cliche my symptoms are. I believe I'm hypo-mania now which I'm sure my doc will be wanting to know. We spoke of that potential on the first consult but I don't talk fast. And then I got thinking when does an INFJ ever talk fast - could easily prevent me from having the speed talking symptom. I bet for many INFJ's speed talking would be normal speed to others.
Thanks again for the videos you post. Very clear confident delivery and an unbeatable positive vibe ;)
Thanks so much. Your videos are very helpful. 🙂
thanks for the info....looking forward to the other videos
I am glad I found this! You explain things so well. I was diagnosed with depression at around 20 and have been medication ever since and it changed my life in a positive way, but then the meds stopped working about 3 years ago. iIm in my late 30's and went to the doctor to ask "whats happening etc…" and I was diagnosed with bipolar II by a psychiatrist (looking back on my life, I can see the patterns of bipolar II). People out there, never self diagnose ever!! I kind of like the hypomanic episodes sometimes, but usually after that I know a depressive episode is coming. I've had to tweak my meds, its difficult for me to explain to people how I feel, even now in my 30s! So glad that people are talking about this more. Since I just found your videos, I am going to see if you have any on medication! Regarding medication, I don't respond to well to mood stabilizers, I am on three antidepressants and some anxiety medication. As far as mood stabilizers, I have tried (I'm prob not gonna spell them correctly) Seroquel, that made me bloat out and gain weight and it blunted my emotions, so I went off it. I tried ability and Lamotragine (which can give you a serious fatal rash but that is rare) and they both made me feel kind of edge, its so hard to explain. So right now I am not on a mood stabilizer but have tweaked my depression medication. I think I may give ability or lamotragine another chance at some point.
It felt nice to see others know this exist
Thank you for this video. I was diagnosed with major depression 4 or 5 years ago. I've been on multiple antidepressants but was still depressed and could feel them coming on. I was diagnosed with Bipolar II last week and the symptoms fit me like a glove. I don't think I had a hypomanic phase until my dog died at the end of 2020. I went into the deepest depression I've ever been in then I'd have a few weeks to a month where I felt ok then I'd switch into depression. I'm on day 3 of a mood stabilizer and one for bipolar depression. I hope it works and my therapist and I can figure out triggers and make my 🧠 better.
Thank you for making this so easy to understand. There are feelings and words and thoughts I couldn't quite comprehend before and you've made it easier for me to do this :-)
I was originally diagnosed with bipolar 2 and now have a diagnosis of bipolar 1
Thank you, you have inspired me to start my own youtube channel
Thanks for the video
could you please do a video about bipolar in adolescents as I feel there isn't much information about it for people at a younger age
Took me a while but I found this video! Ty for making it!
have been struggling w awful “depression” for so long. trying to get back to my psychiatrist but we r both busy. its good to be able to understand why i feel so “hypomanic” though. even if i dont have the diagnosis (yet).
Very helpful ❤❤❤
Thanks so much your video is awesome and helpful
Another very helpful vid kati :) Thank you!!!
I have bipolar II disorder, although I HAVE experience ONE MANIC episode the entirety I've been struggling with it, I don't consider myself to be type I. I see mania as a more hospitalizing symptom with psychosis or delusions, which I've had but it was at a time when I was in and out of the hospital with crohns disease with two surgeries and lots of physical stress, possibly made my hypomania bump up to full blown mania, but since my mania was spurred by other medical issues, I don't count it part of my bipolar disorder.
My hypomania can make me talk to lots of people, eat a lot, be inspired, talk nonsense, aspire great things, be hyperactive, stay awake for hours, sometimes until the next day. I am trying to get sleep meds for the insomnia. It'll last a while and I have spikes in which I notice that I'm having a bipolar episode. I also get very irritable. I recently spiked yesterday and let's say someone very special to me didn't enjoy it :/
Then I have episodes of self loathing, suicidal thoughts, thoughts of self harm, irrational fear of society, loss of faith in Christianity (me specifically), anhedonia, and often get to the point where I decide that I need to die.
I haven't gotten help yet. I only seek help when I have a major depressive episode. I'm feeling "chill" or "normal" right now. So that's good.
all of what u are describing is so relateable yet I still can't seem to get any answers or help. even after almost dying. I feel like I am not taken seriously at all. it's awful
Emma Ferguson check with your county mental health board or the nearest metro area.. I found a great center that specializes in psychiatric help and my city is only about 50k people. I go for therapy weekly or bi weekly where i work on cognitive-behavioral therapy and once a month i have a short meeting with a psychiatric CNP for my medications. General practicioners and hospitals, typically are not great. Best finding somewhere that specializes
Thanks
I was just diagnosed yesterday with Bipolar II after suffering with anxiety and depression problems since a teenager. I feel silly saying that I'm hopeful that Bipolar II might be the correct diagnosis, but when you have suffered for years with nothing helping, and then this new diagnosis describes EXACTLY how your life has been...any glimmer of hope is welcome right now. - Your video was super informative and you presented it in a positive and helpful way. Thanks! =c)
I’ve been diagnosed with depression but this describes my life 😂
If anti-depressants cause you to go into hypomania that’s another sign from what I’ve seen. Antidepressants don’t work for those with bipolar II.
I’ve been “diagnosed” with anxiety and depression, at about... 13? Maybe 15? And I’m 25 now, and with noticing my actions I’m really starting to think I have bipolar 2, and I’m waiting on my psych evaluation. I have been on lexapro for approx 5 years, and while I thought it was working, it’s a mood stabilizer which means it makes my life pretty monotone. No highs no lows, which might sound great, but I can’t show any actual emotions either. Hope you can get a proper diagnosis if you believe youve got more than just depression under your belts
Saaaaaameeeee
I was diagnosed with MDD and panic disorder while at the VA hospital. I was hospitalized for about a week after I overdosed which got me discharged from the Marines. When I started seeing a psychiatrist outside of the VA he diagnosed me with Bipolar 2. It's a constant battle. I'd say anxiety is what effects me the most with my daily life because sometimes being depressed feels good in a twisted way. Its hard to explain but when I woke up in the hospital I was actually really disappointed. I'm still learning how to cope with it but it's who I am. I just hope I don't have to go to the psych ward again. I hope people who know someone who has some sort of depression/anxiety learn about it because it's something people can't or have a really hard time controlling. My depression symptoms started at a young age but never thought much of it until the suicide/self harm thing. I have a lot to say about it but I don't want to write a book in the comments section.
I appreciate your work :) thanks :)
Just want to add, for myself, having insomnia is a major sign of my bipolar. Been like that since my early/late teens..it's also a sign I'm falling into a episode (either/or hypomania or depression)
Love the new background!
My psychiatrist put me down as having a mood disorder. She didn’t want to call it bipolar but knew it was more than depression. My first therapist was convinced I had bipolar type 2 though. I’m on a mood stabilizer which has helped exponentially. I remember talking to my mom about how I was feeling just good old sadness (not depression) and how it felt weird. I think I have bipolar and I just tell people that for the sake of conversation. Looking at my history it makes the most sense
I experience mania maybe once every 2-4 weeks. I’m in a constant low for the majority of my time. Waiting to see what a psychiatrist finds. I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety and depression for 6+ years now with little to no benefit made from anti depressants (both SSRIs and SNRIs). On Fluoxotine I have one day a week where I’m motivated and happy, but 6/7 days are still struggle street.
Thank goodness for medication. I remember the first time I took the medication that saved my life (less than a year ago). It had taken me 15 years to finally admit I had hypomanic episodes and another month to get the courage to try the medication. I will always remember that day because my whole world changed for the better and I felt, for the first time in my life, what stability feels like. I was sitting there and I could literally feel some of the raging electrical fires in my brain being smothered, I could see my own brain in my minds eye (yeah I know that sounds weird on many levels haha) with all these little hot spots all over and over the course of about a week I saw each extraneous one be snuffed out and an immense feeling of relief accomoanied it.. and a few hours later I was kinda looking around at the world because something felt so off. Like, so perplexingly... normal. Even. Stable. I remember this little smile started to break out across my face even as I got choked up because for the first time in my life my brain didn't feel like it was on fire. It took me like six months to get used to feeling stable. Honestly at 29 I'm still getting used to it. Right now I'm the stage of mourning the loss of who I thought I was. I always thought I was this wild thing and I felt so proud of that. I still do. But I know now that my bipolar disorder was the one calling the shots, not me. Now I'M in control. I don't feel numb like with antidepressants and that was an intense relief. I only wish I'd admitted to not being okay years ago, I could have saved myself so much suffering. But that's either here nor there. I'm just so grateful to have it now.
I liked this style of video
Hi i have not been diagnosed yet, but i really think this is me.. I have been diagnosed with major depression. but for the past 2 years i have noticed changes in my mood, i tried to ignore this, but now other people have started to notice that i am in a really good mood, but also speak to fast and they tell me to slow down, i like it when im in the UP mood as i feel on top of the world, euphoric i would say.. but the downs are always the worse and i feel so, low suicide has often been in my thoughts, after watching this i will make a doctors appointment.. As i dont think i can just ignore it anymore, I have not made one before as im scared of medication changes
I am working daily to get my mind right, I do like the no sleep of my mania and that’s my favorite part but I realize now after watching your shows that my family doesn’t like my episodes especially the no-sleep mania there isn’t a good part to them except my crash and when I wake up, but now I am on a cocktail of meds I am stable sadly I have insomnia so as much as I want to sleep at normal times I have excepted that I am a night owl, I try to except myself for me that way I can face the issues and over come them. If your using please remember that there’s always hope and it not to late
Diagnoses is ALWAYS on a individual bases. This is key success in treatment.
I'm so confused. I have definitely had a major depressive episode in my life that lasted months or even a year, and then I was in a 'neutral' state for a few months up until recently where I'm very productive and happy and it all seems surreal to me! But how do I know if I'm not just spontaneously more productive or I'm actually just 'normal?'
Lydia Smith people with bi polar disorder can sometimes go up to a year while feeling nuetral. The "transition stage"
it's normal
I'm the same way. Sorry, I have no answer. :(
I was diagnosed with MDD but I think this sounds more like what I have
Okay, so, I know that the Not Otherwise Specified diagnoses are the "catch all"s, but why would someone be diagnosed with Bipolar II and then later be re-diagnosed with Mood Disorder NOS? Does that mean it was always NOS or does that mood shit just change over time?
(This is what happened with me. I used to get hypomanic (the longest it lasted was about 7 months) but I honestly can't remember the last time that happened. It was, at the earliest, 2011, I think. But now, most of the time, I'm just pretty dysthymic, I guess,)
Just got diagnosed today! This helped a lot!(:
I'm bp2. I'm told that PTSD from Afghanistan triggered it and receiving the wrong meds didn't help. I get extreamly happy to the point I have get that energy out of me so I bike ride. I can then go to depression for a very long time.
I also feel that I have to save the world and help any way I can and that only I can do it.
When I was having the happy excited feelings I was thinking I was healing from PTSD and getting emotions back.
I was recently diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and MDD and they suck! Both of them together really throw off a lot of people.
Ive been feeling misdiagnosed for years. I am diagnosed with bipolar 2 and major depressive disorder. More recently diagnosed with treatment resistant depression after all this time, that diagnosis i believe is correct from experiencing treatment for years that just doesnt help me. I NEVER had any episodes of hypomania or mania. But my diagnosis is from my "mood swings" of anger and irritibility when i was younger. Stems from trauma. Those are the only emotions i can feel now, otherwise i dont feel anything.
Love the videos kait
Love your videos Kati 😃 your ED and SH videos are one of my main sources for my school final project! May I ask you a favor? Could you tell me from which page to which page are the ED diagnosis in the DSM-5? I have the criteria and I know they come from it but I don't have actually a copy and I have to refer to the pages in my sources section. Thank you if you'll do it 😘
I’m bipolar 2 I had a knee replacement and suffered from depression and anxiety-My PT did stretches that hurt my back and told me if I didn’t do these stretches I wouldn’t be able to walk right -.My psychiatrist increased my bupropion and Lamictal and gave me ropinerole for my restless leg .4 days later I had a panic attack, went to ER and was given lorazepam intravenously. The Dr recommended I go to outpatient treatment center, so My husband took me there. The psychiatrist there gave me gabapentin and took me off my escitalapram. 5 days later my anxiety increased. Another psychiatrist prescribed gabapentin and take it as needed. but it seemed to make me anxious for awhile. So I avoided taking it. By the weekend My anxiety had increased.. I also had had nausea, dizziness. I read that increase in bupropian has side effects of nausea, dizziness, and anxiety. Because it was the weekend I cut back on the prescribed dosage. My anxiety was still the same. As a matter of fact I had to walk, put ice on my face and breath. It only helped for a short period time. Fortunately I took trazedone to sleep at night. Saw the psychiatrist and he prescribed Quentiapine and he wanted me to take the gabapentin. Nothing helped. I finally went to my family Dr. She told me to stop taking the gabapentin and Quentiapine. She gave me a prescription for escitalapram and was surprised they cut me off cold turkey. She also prescribed lorazepam. I feel better. I see my psychiatrist in 3 days and hope he allows me to continue with the lorazepam. But fear he won’t and will want me to try something else and I fear It May not work. Do psychiatrist frown on lorazepam or do they prescribe it to help anxiety. I know I need to also see a psychotherapist to help with my fears brought on with surgery and too many changes with the meds.