What Is Bipolar Depression?

Bipolar is when you have sudden mood swings. It isn't a type of depression- depression is a constant sadness.

True bipolar depression can last for days or weeks or months. When a person swings from manic phases of unrealistic drive, it causes them to go on shopping sprees, make rash decisions, take dangerous risks, then at some point, they swing the other way and become dangerously depressed and suicidal. The person suffering from mood swings suffer too, but it is not a bipolar disorder.

Bipolar Depression is only one part of Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar has 2 basic components... depression and mania. You have to experience both in order to be Bipolar. So Bipolar depression would just be the depressive phase of Bipolar Disorder.... it is not a disorder by itself.

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder which effects a persons mood and is caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. In bipolar disorder a person has mood swings from depression to mania which have to last 7 days each to be diagnosed but generally last weeks or months at a time.

I developed bipolar when I was 15 and diagnosed at 18, when I was depressed I would sleep constantly, cry, wouldn't leave bed for days, didn't eat, wash, dress, constantly felt suicidal, hopeless and worthless, withdrew myself from family and friends and stopped going to school. This lasted for 6 months.

Then I switched into mania when I was constantly full of energy and felt like I was on top of the world I was so happy, didn't sleep for days and if I did I would sleep up to 3 hours only but felt completely awake and full of energy, went out every night abusing alcohol and drugs, got into meaningless relationship, had sex with strangers, had so much confidence, spent every penny I had and even stole from my mum, shop lifted, racing thoughts, aggressive and irritable, psychotic when I would hallucinate and be delusional to the point I stabbed myself and almost my boyfriend, I was constantly doing one thing to the next and I nearly failed college. This lasted for 4 months.

Bipolar disorder is something that is very severe and effects your everyday life. I ended up being hospitalised because I was psychotic, hallucinating and delusional.

Don't listen to people saying its angry one minute happy the next or sad one minute happy the next because its not. Its going from depressed for weeks or months to manic for weeks or months like mentioned above.

means one minute you can be as happy as pie, and the next minute you feel like ****