5 signs that you may be on the Bipolar spectrum #shorts

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[HyperSaneDemon]

Censoring depression, that's depressing

[clintparsons]

YouTube censorship has gotten way out of hand.

[MrSkguyJr]

Seriously? Does the word "depression" need to be censored now? What has youtube become?

[maryjanerx]

Depression isnt a bad word that needs to be censored. This just adds stigma to mental illness

[krystalgardiner]

Also Ladies, I was diagnosed with Bipolar when I was 14 after I got my period.. I didn’t find out till I was 34 that I actually have PMDD. My mood swings every month ALWAYS ALWAYS correlates with my cycle. Same thing every month. The mood swings I have are so bad sometimes it does look like bipolar episodes.

[Flo-cyxc]

You're scarring me so much, especially the last part. 6 years of non working anti depressants (I'm 25), and then lamotrigine comes around the corner and BOOM, complete recovery.

[DmqXY]

YT adding friction to the topic of is something i didn't expect, but i should have expected... YT, you always find new ways to disappoint, ain't gonna stop, are you..

[TeamCat]

Why do we have to censor the word ‘depression’ on YT now? 🤦🏼‍♀️

[ravelanone]

We can't say "depression" online now? Now THAT is insanity.

[yderelio]

I’ ve been diagnosed differently by different kind of experts since 17…
Bipolar, borderline, depressed, addicted, and nowadays sociopath.
I don’ t know and I don’ t care about who I am anymore.
I survive…

[Southern.Firecracker]

I’m 34 years old and I just found out than I am bipolar my mom was bipolar as well. I’ve taken so many antidepressants, none of them ever helped me. I just thought I couldn’t be fixed and that I was gonna live In like this forever. I couldn’t understand why my thoughts would race and I would jump from one thing to another. It was so hard to even make myself move or get out of bed. I was a wreck constantly. Being diagnosed was like having that last puzzle piece that I have been searching for. I’m now on a mood stabilizer and it’s changed me so much. ❤

[itismetotori]

I was treated for depression for years and nothing worked, when I started treatment for bipolar, everything changed

[sidraagha]

Currently looking to get myself professionally diagnosed because I'm done living like this. I've been experiencing episodes of depression which last around 5 to 6 months and they are pretty bad. The trigger is me being emotionally attached to someone. I've already experienced this 4 times in the past 3 years. When i start getting better i live normally. I'm numb but not as bad as i was. I feel little to no emotion during the time when I'm okay. And i always crave my depressive episode back cause feeling so much is much better than feeling nothing at all. I've never experienced mania or hypomania. I don't think i have. I just want to get diagnosed and get the proper medications

[malleablereality]

I was prescribed an SSRI before being rediagnosed/confirmed with bipolar 1 and it sent me into the most intense and dangerous manic episode I’ve ever endured to this day. At first I felt fantastic, better than ever really. Had a full psychotic breakdown and it took me a full year and a half to recover. I’m on a good trio now and feel like I could be pretty stable in the next year or two with more management. It does get better, the middle is scary. Sometimes the exploratory meds make you worse but it can be a part of the process. Communicate w your care team, do your research, ask questions and verify your research. Maslows hierarchy of needs. Sobriety. Clean food and exercise. Healthy relationships. You’ll hear it everywhere but they really do work. Take care if youre reading this, I wish you the best with everything.

[ameliaberthold]

Started having bad depressive episodes when I was 14 and then had these “highs” that would only last two ish days at a time and would crash back to depression. Had long months of depression and a couple of days of hypomania. Got put on antidepressants and it made me worse. I had way more highs and for more time and then crashed into bad depression over and over. Got diagnosed with bipolar II at 18, have tried a lot of meds since then, lots didn’t work well or the side effects were too bad, but relatively stable on lithium and lurasidone. No family history of bipolar but lots of other mental illness like depression, anxiety and eating disorders in close family history

[AlyFraz]

All of these things are me. I have bipolar 2. Had tried different anti depressants but once a doctor finally realized I was bipolar and gave me lamictal, a mood stabilizer, my life was changed forever. So thankful

[moladhdodhia]

When I got away from my circumstantial depression, it was the best 7 months of my life, then I had to go back, and my brain shuts down from trying to cope with it all, so happy when I was away from the abuse.

[hamzahramadan]

Sometimes I do not believe what I hear Dr. Marks. It is as well as you are living with us. You just express my illness in your own words. I have seen many qualified doctors but you are the one that I love and admire most. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything and I pray to God to prolong your life. ❤❤❤❤

[jamie]

Just realized that the reason I LOVEDDDD Lexapro is bc I had a manic episode on it not that I was " happy" cuz it doesn't work immediately like that

[steph]

Depression is not something to be ashamed of. Its not our fault. Our minds fucking suck. Dont censor us. Hear our voices and our experiences.