So my depression and anxiety tend to have "episodes" that pop up whenever I've been tired, sick or under a lot of stress. Usually these will last for a few days and have resulted in:
-Memory lapses.
-Being somewhat absent-minded. (as in "where the hell is that key I put down 5 minutes ago?" or "What the hell was I going to say to you?" less than 2 minutes ago)
-Mood swings out the wazoo (one minute I'm bouncing off the walls, the next minute I'm wanting to put my fist through them-thank god the walls at this rental are solid stone)
I have a feeling that this is just a childhood trait that has continued over into adulthood (along with my tendency to ramble a LOT and my other inability to keep things clean: think Petrozza from HK messy. This has been going on for as long as I can remember), but the last few psych nurses I've asked about it have somehow attributed it to something to do with my subconscious. I didn't bring it up with my psychologist, although she did suggest writing down a daily "schedule" of sorts, since I've been known to repeat said plans for the day over and over.
I'm starting to wonder if anyone else has ever been told this before and if so, what did they do about it? Last time I was evaluated for ADHD, I was instead told I was in a "mixed state" (mostly because the timing of said evaluation was straight after a fight with my mother, which triggered an episode. To top it off, this was done by some random psych who only had my written history to go by.)
-Memory lapses.
-Being somewhat absent-minded. (as in "where the hell is that key I put down 5 minutes ago?" or "What the hell was I going to say to you?" less than 2 minutes ago)
-Mood swings out the wazoo (one minute I'm bouncing off the walls, the next minute I'm wanting to put my fist through them-thank god the walls at this rental are solid stone)
I have a feeling that this is just a childhood trait that has continued over into adulthood (along with my tendency to ramble a LOT and my other inability to keep things clean: think Petrozza from HK messy. This has been going on for as long as I can remember), but the last few psych nurses I've asked about it have somehow attributed it to something to do with my subconscious. I didn't bring it up with my psychologist, although she did suggest writing down a daily "schedule" of sorts, since I've been known to repeat said plans for the day over and over.
I'm starting to wonder if anyone else has ever been told this before and if so, what did they do about it? Last time I was evaluated for ADHD, I was instead told I was in a "mixed state" (mostly because the timing of said evaluation was straight after a fight with my mother, which triggered an episode. To top it off, this was done by some random psych who only had my written history to go by.)
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