I met with a psychiatrist today who after going through some questioning with me said that she believes that I have bipolar depression 2. And listening to it be described it just sounded like life. Everyone has highs and lows. Everyone I know is grumpy on Monday and happy on Friday, that’s normal. So what makes bipolar 2 different?
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Bipolar 2 is far more insidious than regular life. I was diagnosed about 12 years ago after my third breakdown knocked me out of work long term yet again. I had been on a long term roller coaster that I just wanted to get off and getting the answer and some medication has made a huge difference to my life.
The mood still goes up and down but nowhere near what it did. I don’t feel like I am constantly living on a cliff edge about to fall off, even when things are going well. Most of all, I haven’t been suicidal in several years.
Those extreme feelings are not normal. Everyone has ups and downs, but most people don’t feel like their world is about to collapse around them and that they just want to end it all on the regular.
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