Is it normal to be happy one day and depressed the next?

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Ok so some days I feel really high off of life and just happy for no reason and nothing bothers me. But other days I don't want to talk to anybody and I feel sad a depressed and down and I'm not good enough for anyone and I feel like everyone's staring at me saying things in their head like 'ugh she's so ugly' etc. I just started college, it never happened before until i started. Well, thats a lie, its been happening in high school but not so often! In high school I had more happy high days than depressed and sad days.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    What? People feel good some days and bad other days? Fucking hell this is crazy, I mean you must have like ten mental dissorders because not being happy and sad is only normal if you are one or the other throughout your entire life! Never has anyone deviated from the norm of being happy all day every day and the same with being sad!

    Such a fuckin oddity!

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    • passion4purple
      9 years ago

      You could of made your opinion without the hurtful words.as she mentioned it's been going on since high school. So it could very well be depression, which is a very real illness. It could be bi~polar.she could be having manic episodes. Do you even care that your comment probably hurt their feelings?

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      • [Old Memory]
        9 years ago

        No, I really don't.

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        • passion4purple
          9 years ago

          I know you don't it wasn't really a question. It's sad when people attack others for no reason.you are a bully

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          • [Old Memory]
            9 years ago

            Is this the part where sad music plays and I take a long but deep sensitivewalk on the beach as the sun sets to come tothe conclusion I am a horrible person and should change and then save the world from an alien invasion of alien Tom Cruise clones?

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    • honey22
      9 years ago

      no its not just happy and said...its extreme happiness and high that its overwhelming and then its extreme sadness

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      • [Old Memory]
        9 years ago

        Ah ok. Re-read what I said in response to your response. It still applies.

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        • honey22
          9 years ago

          ok ok jeez zzz

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          • [Old Memory]
            9 years ago

            :D

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  • Nokiot9
    9 years ago

    Smoke some weed. It'll even u out

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    • LizardSkin
      9 years ago

      I used to do that. Til I run out of money and I'd have to stop, then I'd feel like shit for days after. It wasn't a much better cycle than the one of random depression itself.

      I stopped went to a shrink and got on meds. Still have blue days but not as many.

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    • honey22
      9 years ago

      lolol I don't know where to get any :( and my moms overprotective soooo

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  • blazwura
    9 years ago

    Anyone saying to go to a doctor or diagnosing this person with "bipolar". Just shut up. You know nothing, only that she's been sad and happy on different days. You know life can be shit and sometimes nice? Doesn't mean it's a serious fucking mental disorder. Idiots.

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    • passion4purple
      9 years ago

      There is a good possibility it is depression or bi ~polar.your no Dr to say it's not.im no Dr to say it is.but I suffer from depression and I'm aware of symptoms.

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  • Fall_leaves
    9 years ago

    See a doctor, from what you described it sounds like bipolar disorder. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are more noticeable during periods of stress or change. It might be nothing but it's better to nip it in the butt early on before it puts anymore strain on your life.

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    • kelili
      9 years ago

      A bipolar disorder? She just started college, I think that she is still in the phase where she is trying to adapt to a new environment. She's be ok after some times.

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  • UncleDrCooper
    9 years ago

    Speaking as someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I would be surprised if you don't have it. I'm not a doctor, but you remind me of myself a lot, and my problem lies with my disorder. However, I think that because you're just starting college you should take a little time to adjust to it and see if that's what the problem is. If it doesn't, I recommend a psychiatric evaluation. I didn't find out til I was 16, but once we (my parents and I) did, we realized I've had it for a very long time, if I wasn't born with it. It's very possible that college triggered it. That's what happened with me--I had an incident (a lot more insignificant than this) that immediately caused me to fall into a deep depression that came to a head 8 months later when I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, where I was diagnosed. I recommend that you record your feelings day-to-day in a notebook, then, if it doesn't go away at the end of the semester, take it with you or make a copy of it and go to a psychologist and get an opinion on this. Trust me, you want to take care of this--if it's not BPD, it is something very similar and it could be serious.

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  • miskris
    9 years ago

    Let me assure you that you don't have bi polar (despite the many expected responses about how you might have it). bi polar disorder is when a person feels depressed for weeks, sometimes months, before hitting a manic episode. A manic episode can also last weeks, months. It is NOT a day to day thing. Depression will come with a change in diet (over\under eating), feelings of guilt/sadness/suicide and sleeping more than usual. Manic episodes are when you don't get enough sleep but are still not tired, constant high energy, feeling "on top of the world", over confident, overly talkative, spontaneous, and engage in risky behaviors (spending too much, gambling).

    I think you're adjusting to a huge change in your life (going to school) and have some emotions to sort through. good luck

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    • UncleDrCooper
      9 years ago

      No, it's not always on a long-term basis. It can be a day-to-day thing, depending on what kind you have. I have been diagnosed with it and it is a day-to-day thing for me. Sometimes it's even worse than that--recently I've been having a couple of mood swings daily. If what you're saying is true, the two doctors who diagnosed and have been treating me for it misdiagnosed me and I have something else I've never heard of (because I've not heard of any other mental disorder that causes extreme mood swings).

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      • miskris
        9 years ago

        Read the DSM 5 at your local library.

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