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Suggest Tips To Overcome Mood Swings

Lately I have been expieriencing feelings of depression. They come when things in my life are going wrong, and they come randomly even when things in my life are going great. When I have this feeling I feel terrible. I m sad all the time. I don t pay attention in school as much, I tend to not sleep as much or too much, I cry all the time, everything that anyone does just seems to make me mad, and I don t have the energy to really want to do anything. The thing is, these feelings go away and then come back. They last from 2 days - 3 weeks and then they come back about 3 weeks - 1 month after the last time I felt like that. My question is, can depression come and go? Should I tell a doctor? Will I need medicine? I don t really know what to do, because I hate feeling like this. I never use to be like this and I hate myself when these feelings are here.
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to healthcaremagic.

Though you have not mentioned exact total duration of illness and time of onset of your symptoms ,it seems that you are suffering from cyclothymia because there are hypomanic symptoms with numerous depressive episodes.These are mostly from more then a year from your description and there is no symptom free period for more than 2 months.

These all symptoms are hampering your day to day living. It clearly shows that you need treatment.

There are two way of treatment for your illness:Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy.

In pharmacotherapy ,various mood stabilizers and anti manic drugs can help you where as antidepressants are useful in depressive episodes but they must be used with great precaution.

In psychotherapy, you learn how to cope with day to day stressful situation and get insight about your illness.

For all these you should consult a psychiatrist.

Hope I have answered your query,
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
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Suggest Tips To Overcome Mood Swings

Hi, Thanks for writing to healthcaremagic. Though you have not mentioned exact total duration of illness and time of onset of your symptoms ,it seems that you are suffering from cyclothymia because there are hypomanic symptoms with numerous depressive episodes.These are mostly from more then a year from your description and there is no symptom free period for more than 2 months. These all symptoms are hampering your day to day living. It clearly shows that you need treatment. There are two way of treatment for your illness:Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy. In pharmacotherapy ,various mood stabilizers and anti manic drugs can help you where as antidepressants are useful in depressive episodes but they must be used with great precaution. In psychotherapy, you learn how to cope with day to day stressful situation and get insight about your illness. For all these you should consult a psychiatrist. Hope I have answered your query, Regards, Dr.Chintan Solanki.