Hi everyone, or rather anyone!
I am just wondering about how people are affected by mood swings. I have been diagnosed with depression and have tried a few different anti-depressants. At the mo I am taking Mirtazapine 45mg and have been for well over a year now. Whilest they are excellent for helping me sleep, and they do give me a 'greedy pig' appetite I am not convinced they do much for my mood.
I find marked fluctuations with my mood, I can be very very suicidally low and other times I can be extremely irritable, anxious and a bit high on energy. I have recently not been taking my anti-depressants properly which could explain mood swings, but even before that, I would say that for the last few years I swing from feeling OK for shortlived periods, to despairing hopeless depression, and other times I feel as though I can conquer the world and be something fantastic like .... err..... a Clinical psychologist, or go to college some 300 miles away to train to be a dance therapist (which is totally unrealistic given I have a husband and children, oh and panic and agoraphobia). I feel that I always have an underlying depression, and my mood generally I would describe as on the low side, but the fluctuations sometimes are really extreme.
I digressed sorry, I just want to know how mood swings affect others. I really believe that my medication is not effective enough or is this a normal presentation of depression and just me being neurotic... again!
I dont like the idea that it is gonna be like this forever. The good times are too few and far between.
Thanks in advance.
Freaky