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Posted by may-b on August 10, 2002, at 13:55:09
Hi all
Has anyone had ever had the experience of mood changes that are so rapid that the changes in mood are almost like channel surfing? Without any time even for the mood to "land" and register... These experiences of millisecond mood changes lasted only a minute or two but were extremely disturbing. Usually the mood at the end of the "surfing" would be rather low and bewildered.
Thoughts?
-may-b
Posted by Ritch on August 11, 2002, at 10:54:54
In reply to quicksilver mood changes, posted by may-b on August 10, 2002, at 13:55:09
> Hi all
>
> Has anyone had ever had the experience of mood changes that are so rapid that the changes in mood are almost like channel surfing? Without any time even for the mood to "land" and register... These experiences of millisecond mood changes lasted only a minute or two but were extremely disturbing. Usually the mood at the end of the "surfing" would be rather low and bewildered.
>
> Thoughts?
> -may-bThat sounds a little spooky. I am sure there are ultra rapid-cyclers (I am "just" a rapid-cycler) out there that have had those experiences. Just before I was dx'ed with bipolar when I was 19 (a week or two before I saw a pdoc), I was flipping drastically within the space of an hour at times (with no meds at all). A friend gave me 10mg of Valium at the time and I remember this strange complete resolution of all of the symptoms within an hour. The part that sounds "spooky" that you describe is the "low" and "bewildered" state following. That could be a temporal lobe seizure. Are you on meds for bipolar, now? If so, you might want to get a referral to a neurologist for an EEG, just to be safe. I get some strange things happen when I am hypomanic too (intrusive music, sense of floating, temper spells), but my standard EEG's came out OK, so who knows? I take Depakote and it definitely "quiets down" all of that stuff.
Mitch
Posted by nikioct73 on August 11, 2002, at 11:45:30
In reply to quicksilver mood changes, posted by may-b on August 10, 2002, at 13:55:09
Yup...my moods can change from moment to moment..that is a great way to describe it by the way..surfing..I can feel horribly depressed and then in five minutes feel on top of the world..sucks that I can't hold on to hypo-mania for longer ...my house would stay cleaner longer...and my cat and I would be a lot thinner..
When I describe this "extreme rapid cycling" to my Doc's they ususally give me the "hairy eyeball" and it makes me feel even more wacko then usual..but never fear you are not alone in feeling this way..you find a way to hold on the the highs longer then the low's let me know.,Niki
Posted by may-b on August 11, 2002, at 16:00:44
In reply to Re: quicksilver mood changes, posted by nikioct73 on August 11, 2002, at 11:45:30
> When I describe this "extreme rapid cycling" to my Doc's they ususally give me the "hairy eyeball" and it makes me feel even more wacko then usual..but never fear you are not alone in feeling this way..you find a way to hold on the the highs longer then the low's let me know.,
>
> Niki
Hi NIki,I got incredulous looks from the doctor also, when I mentioned it.
Always had a uni-polar diagnosis...
I appreciate your response, thanks.
-may-b
Posted by may-b on August 11, 2002, at 16:11:23
In reply to Re: quicksilver mood changes » may-b, posted by Ritch on August 11, 2002, at 10:54:54
Hi Mitch
Thanks for your response.
> That sounds a little spooky.
It sure was that.> I was 19 (a week or two before I saw a pdoc), I was flipping drastically within the space of an hour at times (with no meds at all). A friend gave me 10mg of Valium at the time and I remember this strange complete resolution of all of the symptoms within an hour.
That's a good point. I have found 2.5 mg valium helpful when experiencing intractible anxiety. If I could only remember to take it... :)
>The part that sounds "spooky" that you describe is the "low" and "bewildered" state following. That could be a temporal lobe seizure.
I think it was that spooked feeling that I was trying to describe with the word "bewildered".
> Are you on meds for bipolar, now? If so, you might want to get a referral to a neurologist for an EEG, just to be safe. I get some strange things happen when I am hypomanic too (intrusive music, sense of floating, temper spells), but my standard EEG's came out OK, so who knows? I take Depakote and it definitely "quiets down" all of that stuff.
I have discussed the possibility of bipolar dx with the doc but since I usually appear to be plain old unipolar, she thought this unlikely. I was dx'd with a double depression -- "dysphoria with major depression".
Thanks for your information. I always enjoy your posts.-may-b
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