What is wrong with me?

Question

I am 16 years old and more than ever have been experiencing terrible mood swings and personality changes. This has been happening for about 2 years i'd say but it seems to just get worse as time progresses. I'm very concerned because my problems have taken a toll on my social life and i'm sick of acting this way. I've told my mother but she seems to think it's normal because i'm a teenager, but i know something just isn't quite right. It's bad because out of no where i get really angry and throw things which sometimes have caused me guilt because i've hit my mother before unintentionally, then out of no where again i become extremely happy/hyper and once again crash later on to a very depressive state and don't want to talk. I think i act like this sometimes because my father died when i was very young and i have to deal with my mother's own physical/mental issues, which takes a toll on me. Also, besides mood swings and personality changes i suffer from excessive worrying, like i can't stop worrying about little things and i always rehearse what i just said in conversations and find something wrong with everything i do. I hate living like this and many times i put up with myself and i'm sick of it. So, i would like to see opinions on why i act like this?
Could i recover from these problems naturally if i could find ways to control my emotions?

Answer 1

It sounds like you are bipolar. If so, you need to be on medication. You cannot control it by yourself. Talk to your family Dr about it. It could get much worse.

Answer 2

Well, we're all different. I am sorry for your loss and situation, but when I was 16 I went through a very similar ordeal.



Your mum is right, some of it is to do with you being a teenager. Especially with hormones and still a large part of puberty. From a non professional expert opinion, it sounds like you are starting to suffer from anxiety and perhaps even manic depression...however, I definitely no expert in somewhat *diagnosing* you with that.



It may sound cliche, but perhaps if you sit down with your mum, doctor or even a few friends and let them know what going on and how you feel, it can lighten the load. Also, make sure your diet is healthy...I.E not too many fatty foods and high sugar foods, they definitely alter moods. Also if you do drink and do drugs, my suggestion would be to stop.



And just a stab in the dark: You're 16. You're still so young, don't let assholes and low self esteem keep you from living a happy life, especially in the most important years... adolescence. Just take time out from yourself and remember. Breathe, when it all gets too hard, take a step back from it all, close your eyes and take a deep breathe exhaling slowly, it might sound pathetic, but it works.



Best of luck with it all

Answer 3

It is definitely not a teenage related prob dear because I m 25 yrs and still suffer from mood fluctuations. Don't let it increase find out the root cause before u erupt. May be in sub conscious mind you are disturbed by something and haunted by some sense of insecurity.



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Keep faith in yourself , self help is the real help , it is only you who can solve this mood issue. Keep in mind things which can be cured must be endured.

Answer 4

I would get a psychological evaluation, i am no doc but it sounds like you have bipolar. just get it checked, if a doc says nothing is wrong than your mom may be right. first check and see if you have a family history of it, if so it is possible that you may grow out of it, just check into it. here is a site for a personal test. you can take it and go from there with it. I found a few take a few different ones and just print off the results and take it to your doctor.

Answer 5

Bipolar with a bit of OCD or perfectionist personality disorder "I always seem to find something wrong with everything I do" for bipolar pay attentions to your breathing you'll notice your different types of breathing for certAin emotions and by controlling your breathing you have some affect over yourself. (ex. It's different breathing-? Emotion but to give you an idea I'll use anger for me.... I stArtt hyperventalating qnd I find if I hold my breath until I feel SLIGHTLY faint I am more calm.... Bad example I'm suffocating myself thEre but you get the idea right? All the best-me

Answer 6

You sound bi-polar. I haven't heard of anyway of controlling this other than medications. there are some really good ones.

my friend is manic bipolar. if he has anything with the slightest amount of sugar, he is off the walls. hes 22..

when he smokes one cigerette. he becomes so depressed.

my advice if you dont want to go on medications, watch what you eat, and when you feel an extreme of something, do the opposite. feel down, eat a piece of candy, when your hyper sit down and meditate

Answer 7

See a doctor or counselor like seriously my friend is like that and she saw a counselor and is doing 10 times better! seriously! it is a good experience.

Answer 8

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