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Neurodivergent 13w
Anybody?
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Mental Health 13w
Does anyone else get extremely rapid and intense mood swings? I don’t think it’s bipolar, cause even the faster type is relatively slow cycles. I mean split-second rapid oscillations between ssidal depression and blissful elation. Used to happen when pms.
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Anonymous 13w

its probably just pms like you said

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Anonymous 13w

could very well be pmdd

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Anonymous 13w

My mood can switch pretty fast, but usually only when triggered by something, even little things I barely care about, like a slight difference from what I expected to be doing. However going back and forth like a ping pong match sounds like a different thing than bpd or anything else Ive heard of. Do the swings line up with racing thoughts, or do they just happen without thinking about much at all, out of curiosity?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

I can’t really seem to word my searches to get clear answers on this, but when I look up mood swings, “short” ones are described as lasting hours. Is this accurate to typical mood swings?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

Like, whenever I search for rapid mood swings, the shortest time frames I see are hours or days, not minutes and seconds. Idk if normal mood swings are on a seconds basis and it’s just that no one talks about it?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

Mood swings can definitely be minutes instead of hours; mine are and so are most people I know who get them. Seconds is uncommon, but there’s no reason it wouldn’t be possible. But yah for bipolar disorder it has to be days so it isn’t that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Thank you!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Emotional dysregulation pretty common with neurodivergence and plenty of mental health disorders. Can be experienced as mood swings

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

They line up with my thoughts, not external stimuli. Sometimes awareness about the mood swings themselves triggers a mood swing. Like I’ll realize how ridiculous my thoughts are and suddenly be unreasonably happy, and then I’ll realize how unrealistic my ideals are and become extremely depressed, all within a few seconds

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

I mean I also react to external stimuli but I think everyone does

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

These ping-pong moods don’t really happen to me any more and it might be because I don’t have thoughts anymore

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

It’s definitely linked to my cycle

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