Should I be worried?

[Generic269]

I often have severe mood swings, usually from extremely happy to suicidal and vice versa. I have vague memories of mood swings when I was younger, but since I started puberty they have become worse.

They seem to occur for no reason or are too extreme for the reason. Mum thinks it's just hormones but I'm not sure.

What do you think? If you need more information just ask.

[ebony15]

what happens when you have them?

[Generic269]

Well when I'm really down I think about ways of killing myself and I don't feel like doing much. It occassionally leads to self harm (where I usually rub blunt objects against my wrist until it is sore, and often I continue even after a mark is produced, although in the past I have pricked myself with pins and headbutted walls, including brick ones). When I'm in a good mood I am often hyperactive and feel slightly horny. Other times I have mood swings that lead to being irritable and thoughts are attacking other people. Luckily I never go through with that (except from attacking my brother sometimes). I once had a panic attack after having a mood swing.

However I'm sometimes none of these. I might be slightly in the dumps or simply content.

[byee]

The stuff you hear about moodiness being caused by hormones is a bit exaggerated. Sure, hormones can affect how you feel, it can intensify what you're experiencing, but it doesn't create it. You're really the same person you've always been, '+' or '-'. Hormones do not create emotion. They affect the brain so it experiences them with more vividness and intensity. To a point, though.

If you're actually feeling suicidal, if the swings are that great and that intense, you should really have them assessed by a doc. Parents often have difficulty accepting their kids as 'suicidal' or in need of some therapy, so you have to go back to them and keep raising the issue.

[Generic269]

Thanks.

I also just remembered when I'm in a "high" mood I have a large appetite, and a very small one when I'm depressed. I think these are normal signs of the said moods, but they might mean something.

About seeing a doctor, I know you can visit one without the consent of an adult, but I'm not sure how I should go about making an appointment etc. What's the best way to do this?

[kangaskan240]

your just a phsyco like me, lets go blow stuff up.

[zdallasz]

i think you need to see a doc i really dont know alot on mental things soo anyway goood luck (:

[INFERNO]

your just a phsyco like me, lets go blow stuff up.

What exactly is the point of posting random gibberish like this?

This does seem to have some symptoms and criteria for bipolar disorder. However, any reasonable doctor would also consider your age, where the hormones can intensify your emotions and affect behavior to a degree.

You can tell the parents, although they tend to be biased in seeing the positives about you. However, assuming you saw a doctor by yourself, a family doctor would give you a referral to a psychiatrist as the family doctors or local walk-in clinics won't diagnose you. Assuming somehow you got to the psychiatrist yourself, you're not an adult legally and you'd need your parent's consent for any medications and possibly to see them in the first place.

So, tell the parents and have them go with you.