Dysthymic Disorder ?????

[houghchrst]

Hi all, just wondering if anybody has heard of Dysthymic Disorder or suffers from it. I was diagnosed as being BiPolar Type II but so far no meds have worked. I have had terrible reactions to most of them. The more I study my disease the less I really think it is what I suffer from. I have no manic episodes. Never have. I have moments throughout the day when I feel *normal* (in a decent mood and able to handle the day to day stuff) but for the most part I swing from that to a depressed state with sadness and grief and guilt and hopelessness, crying at the drop of a hat. I have started having what I call my fatalistic visions when I go to bed just before sleep (not as bad as before). I looked this disorder up and have been doing some research and this sounds closer to what I might suffer from. If anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated.

[jd3]

You might have dysthemic disorder, which is cycling between "normal" and depressed overe long periods of time--I think I got it right. My pdoc thoought I might have that but we settled on bipolar II as I need a mood stabilizer with the anti-depressants. I hope you find some med that will help you. It sounds like you need something!

Take Care:)