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[dave29]

Hi

I'm new to this site so apologies if this type of message has been posted loads of times before.

Does anyone ever experience constantly changing emotions? By this I mean, happy for half an hour, sad for half an hour, constantly repeating itself? I seem incapable of being happy or sad for a whole day and its driving me mad. I don't know whether the happy me or the sad me is going to wake up in the morning. It makes doing anything or socialising impossible as I don't ever feel like myself. I feel like I have two very opposite sides to my personality and they're constantly fighting.

Anyway, thanks for your time.

[Animekitten]

Sounds like you might have a bi-polar issue you here. Have you ever dealt with depression sometime in your life?

[lawandorder]

Hey...
It's unlikely it's bi-polar.. rapic cycling rairly occurs every half hour, for days on end.
However there could be a significantly negative cycle you have gotten yourself into.
How does the transition occur? I'm sure you have a 'trigger' a thought that says 'I am now in the unhappy 30 minutes' then.. 'Now i am happy'...
Have you observed what happens when you are really distracted? Does your mood significanty change when you start thinking about your mood?
Depending on how crippling these mood swings are, I'd suggest seeing a psychologist just to unravel what's really going on.
Take care

[dave29]

I have suffered from anxiety and depression for the last 10 years of my life and have been on and off medication.

When I say 30 minutes, I use that as an example, it can be 30 minutes, it can be hours. I've had mood shifts with no triggers whatsoever, I can be sat there and go from extremely depressed to being very happy without any trigger thoughts.

I find I can't make decisions easily because I have the same problem, one minute I think a certain route would be the best to take, the next minute the complete opposite! I think there might be a secret second person hiding inside me! :D