For the past year, I have been having really bad mood swings. I am a girl, but I don't think that they have anything to do with my menstrual cycle. Once or twice a month, for between 3 and 7 days, I feel horrible. I feel guilty about nothing, really sad, hopeless, helpless, and like it won't go away. I just generally hate myself. It feels like there is no escape and no way to make it stop. I feel like I have no control. Sometimes I feel like cutting. A few times I have thought of death. One time, I thought of death and then three days later I was absolutely back to normal. I have a mood chart now to track my emotions, so I am hoping this will help. I have been on other sites, and they said that I am probably bipolar, but I don't agree. Bipolar involves manic states, and I don't have that. When I don't feel really bad, I just feel normal. I don't feel over-the-top happiness. I know that most of you aren't professionals and that you can't technically diagnose me with anything, but if you could give me your opinion that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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I really have no idea what to say, I have bad mood swings all the time, but I'm not going to go into details as I'd rather keep them to myself.

I personally think you should visit your doctor, I know you may feel uncomfortable speaking about how you've thought about death etc.
I guess they're the professionals and the ones that can tell you what's going on and if need be, give you treatment.

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I can relate to you catlovers141, I go through exactly the same emotions except mine change from hour to hour, I wouldn't say you had bipolar, because like you said it is where you are a manic state and you also suffer from multiple personalities which doesn't really sound like what you have.

But from the information you have given I'd probably guess you had Cyclothymia which is a general mood swing which doesn't involve extremely manic depression.

Maybe you should get checked out if you're still going through this.

That's all I can say,I hope things work out for you.

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I know how this feels. this has been happening to me a lot lately. one day im like really depressed, then the next im really happy its confusing and somtimes i dont know y i feel the way i do i dont think about death but i do think about cutting myself. && i dont think you have bipolar.