Depression Treatment Care

help, i’m on lamictal now and im still pretty numb/depresed most of the time with some bleed through hypomanias that last no londer than a few hours. i dont want to be depressed, my whole personality has changed and i can’t even socialize with people becuase i have no emotions its hard for me to relate to anyone right now.

Are you suffering from manic depression bought on by being body dis-morphic,I have a son who suffers with this condition and refuses to take medication for it because he thinks there is nothing that can help him.He doesn’t realise he is body dis-morfic so thinks there is no help.He really believes there is something wrong with him, and there isn’t,none of us can convince him,he says we are only saying he is normal because we love him and don’tr want to hurt him.
I am now desperate to know what to do before he does take his life. He has gradually cut all of his family off and it’s now hard to even get him on the phone.I am thinking of sectioning for his own safety.Anyone know what else I can do.Help please.Sincere answers only please,this is a last ditched attempt for help before taking that step.

I noticed for a bout a year or so now… I’ll be in a good stable mood for about 2 to 3 months, and then after that i lash out and have mood swings. Like I’d be happy one minute, sad the next, and very aggressive the next. It’s affecting my life so badly…, especially with my boyfriend of two years. He did something that really pissed me off a few days ago, ever since my moods have started up(before that like a week before they were flaring up)…(i found a pic of some girls *** in his email) though he claimed it was his friends doing, but thats beside the point. If anyone could help me I’d really appreciate it. I’d like to hear from some people who suffer from this disorder.

how do you deal with them? Is it a very frustrating thing for you and family members at all? and what have you done to distance yourselves from any “drama” that they may act on, or act out from?
thanks!
( I have family members with it as well,and friends or acquaintances I have known with it..also dated one fella with it…didn’t affect me too much…only towards the end…he was kind of TOO moody and angry at me….(just wayyyyy to sensitive…you have to watch what you say, or do etc….)

i don’t know of any family history of manic depression and i think i get highs with my downs but i don’t know if its connected or not…if anyone has an idea it will be really helpful