Fed up of the swinging...

[agnesnitt]

One day high, the next low... A few hours of blissful confidence to be followed by a deep lethargy and funk that seems unshiftable.

So very fed up, so far beyond the end of my tether that I can no longer see the frayed ends of it.

Oh for the confidence to be able to tell my doctor this. Why can't they have an e-mail/IM service? Face to face isn't a good thing for me

Agnes

Sorry to hear that agnesnitt, this sort of mood swing can be so de stabling. I hope you do pluck up courage to speak to your gp about it.
I'm sure this sort of volatile mood can be caused by a variety of things, but it could be a sign of something called bi-polar affective disorder, where the person has periods of elated feelings followed by depression.
Hope you get the help you need

No, what you describe is not a bipolar disorder, it is a crappy horrible poxy depression and you have my sympathy. It is interesting for me to hear how you describe your mood as it is exactly how mine tends to go usually (not at the mo unfortunately...the blissful confidence bit is great )

A lot of people have written a note for their first docs appointment, just gone in and handed a note over of how they felt and let the doc read it. It might sound strange but it has worked for a lot of people and I think docs are used to it. It is very hard to know a day and time when you are going to be in the right mood to tell all (if ever) or put it into the right words.

Do you think you could write it all down, make an appointment and hand it over?

oh hon poor you. I am presuming you have kiddies, any new ones....You see where i'm goin. Only ask cos i was like that for 7months before my best friend decided enough was enough and called me on having post-n-d which resulted in me reluctantly going to the docs bawling my eyes out admitting it felt like the most shameful thing in the world, but it wasn't, my doc was amazing put me tablets for aprox 1yr and now am fine! Still have the odd days but don't we all. Also could be something really simple like your hormones not being balanced, maybe if you can't speak to your gp, do they have a practice nurse you can call?? I can really sympathise with you though i know how hard it can talking about how bad you feel. If i could send you a hug i would.(((()))))