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I have been freaking out lately because I have myself convinced that I am bipolar! I try to tell myself that this is just one more thing to worry about but I can't shake this fear! Does anyone else feel up and down like one day you will feel good and be able to go shop or whatever you need to do. Then the next day you feel so sad you don't even want to get up? Is this also normal with anxiety? I will even go for weeks feeling good then bam the anxiety is back and the depression sets in. Any advice will help!

Hi Gavinsmom,

Yes I can absolutely relate to what you are saying. I bought the program for my son (who is 26 and has refused to start the program because "he is too stressed out right now trying to find a job to concentrate on something else) but decided to start it myself. My mom and my brother are both bipolar. Sometimes I think I am as well but not to the same extent. But then I think that it is the depression that makes me think I have mood swings - not bipolar. With my mom (before she was medicated) the mood swings were severe and often. But with me, they are not as severe so I believe it is due do depression. So for me as well, a few days will be peachy and then one day, I won't even want to get out of bed. I recently lost both my mom and dad and I attribute the increased depression, anxiety and frequency to that. Have you had any events lately which may have triggered this fear?

I also think that, as they say in the program, you begin to address all your issues, so they become very evident and cause a little more anxiety and fear. But as you go through the program it will subside. So keep your chin up and your commitment strong and I believe you and I, as many others have, will come through this with much more knowledge, control, and fulfillment in our lives.

Hey Gavinsmom,

I feel like that a lot, though honestly I am Bi-polar. Whether you have the illness or not though, there is help. I hope you can find your center, your core of strength and cling to it.