If anyone else suffers from this, then you know how much it sucks when you're having a good day, then all of a sudden outta nowhere... the depressed bad mood sneaks up on you!! It's like "Oh sunshine and rainbows and puppy dogs... wait, what's that noise?" BAM... bad mood.

I don't know how to shake it, or avoid it... I know it's a chemical imbalance, so there's really not much I /can/ do other than meds. But I don't want to be a chemically induced zombie, and not feel anything at all... I can't even really ask what works for other people, or advice, cause everyone works differently...

God I just wish I could get rid of this, I'm tired of hurting and being depressed all the time... what do I do.... I don't even have anyone close to me that I can talk to, and it's hard for me to really open up to strangers... X.x

Isn't that more depression?
Bipolar is more of feeling super duper WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE happy for a long period (more than just a few hours).

I know the feeling though. I'd be hyperactive then I'd randomly start crying for no reason. I'm 20 and a little pass the hormonal stages but yeah.

You need to talk to someone. It helps so much as long as you don't become absolutely dependent on them.

Well, it is kind of more depression. My mom called it Uni-Polar.. but I do have those times where everythings amazing, and it seems like nothing could be better, then all of a sudden everythings crap and nothing can make it better.

But yeah, unfortunately I think I've already become dependent on someone... and I'm trying to change it, but it's not easy.

Was having a good day. Saw a picture of my ex on the internet. Panic attack, and now slight depression.

Bipolar can be pretty awful. I'm sorry. :(

Im sorry. I know how that goes, I do that a lot as well.

Depression, bi-polar... any variation of things like that just suck...

I've been dealing with it since about middle school. Drugs they put me on when I was little did it to me. They didn't know it could happen until recently.

Then in early high school there was some. . . trauma. it made things worse. :/

Now I'm completely mad. sigh.

I just try to keep myself busy with something. If I'm busy then I don't focus on the mood swings as much. I'm off medications because I'm afraid of what they're doing to my body in the long run plus I don't trust them in combination with other drugs I'm on. What helps a lot is simple things like getting enough sleep, eating right, and being active too. When I'm not active, I notice that I get more depressed.

I also believe that a lot of process foods cause depression but I really have nothing to back that up with other than the fact that when I got away from processed foods and more into a natural diet, it helped me. Medications and certain medical conditions such as blood sugar and thyroid problems, digestive issues, cancers, etc can also cause depression. It's worth talking to your doctor about just to rule out any possibility of being sick as opposed to self treating depression that may be caused by something else.

My boy friend had depression turned anxiety, and he said that even though he really hated meds, they helped a bit. He is now using just talk therapy. Talking to a professional will not make you dependent. It is their job to help you sort out your sucky feelings. And he said that talking to a professional made him feel much better. He used to talk to me and his mother, but then he started to feel bad because he was afraid that he would be a burden to us. Since he now talks to a professional, he no longer has that pressure. It took him from 7th grade until junior year of college, but he did it. I have faith in you. If you are trying to fix it you will eventually succeed.

My mom was bipolar for a while (God has healed her of that since, thank goodness!) and it was terrible ):
She wouldn't believe me about it, and refused to get treatment for it. It made it really tough to be around her >.<
She would be normal most of the time...but every now and then she would just get into this 'mood' where she would be looking for things to get me in trouble...boderline abusive, sometimes >.<

I'm not sure if what you are describing is quite bi-polar, but I suggest you go talk to a counselor about it; They should be able to tell you if you need medication, or just need counseling =3

I suffered from panic attacks for a while and a general inability to deal with stress, but after a few months of counseling, no medicine needed, I don't have those problems anymore =3