Random Depression after 5 months of anxiety

[RemiSSB]

Ok so i've had anxiety since May, and almost randomly i get this feeling of no motivation and numbness 5 days ago. I wasnt rly depressed and this was a little of no where. And am rly scared that it's bi polar disorder. Also there was one day that i excercised and play basketball and felt good for one day. But 2 days after being exhausted from lack of sleep and hearing things i didnt want to hear made me depressed again. I want to know if it's normal for regular depression to go away for a 2 days then come back cause i didnt excercise and not enough sleep

[ckw1]

It is normal for you to experience an up and down cycle of depression and anxiety. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my adult life and I can tell you from experience that you can go days sometimes weeks where you feel normal and then out of the blue the illness will strike and you will feel like crap. I know that if I skip exercising for a few days that can trigger my anxiety and send me into a downward spiral of depression. So I try to maintain a schedule to curb the highs and lows. It does help but sometimes you may have to let it run it’s course.

[RemiSSB in reply to ckw1]

Ok so do you have bi polar or just clinical depression? Caue i noticed you said you wanna curb highs and lows. My highs are simply me not feeling depressed and maybe get bursts of energy when i fee posative and happy

[ckw1 in reply to RemiSSB]

No I don’t have bi polar. My highs are similar to yours in that I just feel normal and the lows are when I feel anxious and depressed. I don’t experience the manic highs that are consistent with bi polar disorder.