News of Mood Disorders

Why am I depressed? My life is not that bad. Many people have a hard time in life and don't have depression. Lots of people probably don't even realise that I am depressed. Mostly I hide it well. I smile and laugh and have happy times even, but then when I am alone or even alone in a crowd I feel completely empty, lonely, frustrated, sad...

I feel like I am somehow defective, that other ...

Sometimes i get so depressed thinking about mistakes i've made and thinking what other people think of me. i am sad that they know that i have been hospitalized and that they know that my mom was crazy and that i have potential but that i am just in a dead end job. i am sad that i used to have money but made some bad choices and that i am so poor now and ...

My boyfriend has been diagonsed with bipolar (im not sure which type) and tells me he hears voices in his head. He says they argue with him and eachother. There is one dominiant voice (other than his own) - an angry voice.

A few weeks ago, he was feeling terriblly depressed and the voices started to agrue with him. At one point i heard the angry one (in his own voice). He was whipsering "You're ...

My boyfriend is bipolar. Recently, he's been going through depression and threated to kill himself last night. Although I wasnt there I called the police because I was really scared that he might actaully do it (1. because he tried to cut pieces of skin off earlier this week. and 2. becuase he was beyond drunk). Now, hes in a psych ward. I visited him today and he isnt angry at me because he understand ...

Hi every one i have posted on this forum before this is the link to it.

http://www.psychforums.com/forums/viewt ... 60f2640558

I've recently been digonased with alcohol abuse and i was wondering if this could cause the symptoms i mentioned in the pervious post.

thanks to all for your help.

Hi, this post may be long so I apologize ahead of time.

I have been with my girlfriend for 1 1/2 years. When we first got together, she mentioned to me that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She has not taken any medication since we have been together except for a few times when she was completely stressed out. I was stupid and didn't do much research on the illness and pretty much ...

I believe I may be Bipolar, perhaps cyclothymic. I have not seen a doctor yet but I will be doing this very soon. I have a very strong case of insomnia, as I am completely unable to sleep at night naturally unless I have been awake for at least 20 hours (it can go as long as 40+...I have never seen nor heard of such inhuman sleeping patterns, and to top it off it's in ...

I am new to the message board. I am a 26 year old male from North Carolina. I was diagnosed this past April with Bipolar Disorder 1 (mixed). My regular doctor put me on Lexapro which seemed to work great until I went to my first psychiatrist appointment a month ago. He said that antidepressants were bad for people with BP. He took me off Lexapro and placed me on Lithium. Wow talk about a ...

It sucks doesn't it???

Hi everyone,

I'm new here. I'm 28 and single. Today I felt so depressed I have decided to sign up to this and try to get some advice from other people. Usually I just wallow and wait for it to "pass".

OK here goes, hopefully some of it makes sense.

I feel empty, alone, worthless, hollow, ugly, useless, stupid, unattractive, uninteresting, unwitty, annoying and invisible. SOmetimes I feel so invisible the automatic doors won't open ...