News of Mood Disorders

I am 41 never married and have been going through a second or third round (after feeling pretty good for about 4 or year) of depression for almost a year now that started right after another breakup. But it seems really different this time...I am really scared I am not going to make it through my depression successfully. Meaning that I do not even have the urge to ever socialize again primarily. I don't want ...

i have been searching for an answer on this and cant seem to find one. will to much depakote cause anger in some cases?. my doc raised my dosage frome 1000mg a day to 1500 a day, i have been at the new level for 6 days now, and i am extremely angry and upset over everything,argued with the wife for 2 days now. so she is at the end of her rope with me, ...

I have bipolar disorder and want to open up to my doctor about my strong desire for suicide but am afraid I'll be hospitalized. If this happens does anyone have experience on what its like to be on suicide watch. I've been hospitalized for a few days but not for that. I guess I'm just afraid of being locked in a room for 30 days, doesn't give me much incentive to open up to my ...

I know that increased appetite is one of the side effects of depakote. So it is the increased appetite causing a person to eat more that causes weight gain and not the medicine itself, right?

If so, can a person just not eat more than usual and be ok? Like, set up a specific portion for each meal and not eat anymore than that? And by increased appetite, what does that entail? Your stomach growls ...

I was just diagnosed as bipolar today and was put on depakote. I don't want to take it. I've read that weight gain is a side effect and I have worked very hard to lose weight after having a baby and don't want to gain any back. Is it bad to refuse medication? I mean, am I going to get worse?

I am a college student and recently decided to drop my current classes because ...

Hi. I don't think i've posted on this forum before. I have schizophrenia, so i mostly post on that forum. Anyways, i'm just interested to learn more about other mental conditions, like bipolar disorder. I've done some of my own research on it, so i know the symptoms and such, but i was wondering if there is a general feelings involved in Bipolar. What i mean is, with schizophrenia, i feel a lot like i ...

My wife and I have been married for 4 years and been together for 6. We have two wonderfull kids age 3 and 7 months. Back when we where dating and first married she used to have small episodes of what I called Dr. Jenkle and Mr. Hide, where her eyes would suddenly loose it's sparkle and she would go off on some subject and become angry. That kind of went away after my daughter ...

Through recent years I have become concerned with my younger sisters behavior. She gets very irrational and cannot control her emotions. She can go from one of the emotional spectrum to another in a short period of time. I am attempting to learn as much as possible to see if this seems to be a symptom of something. She seems to be growing more and more irrational in her behavior with others. For example, she ...

Hey all. I need to know whether there are members out there who have a recommendation for a good doctor here in Nashville, Tennessee for bipolar treatment.

Your advice will be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone. I'm new to these forums, as I've recently admitted to myself I suffer from depression and rather then find a counselor, shrink, or "treatment center" to assist me I decided to try this community out. The handle "Just-In-Time" is simply a play on my name rather then holding any meaning in itself, however I usually stick to fictional names and names of characters I like from music, books and games, so this is ...