Ashlie Adams of Gering used to experience drastic mood changes, one day feeling happy and upbeat and the next day feeling deeply depressed and angry. Adams sought help three years ago and learned that she has bipolar disorder, and now, thanks to medication, she’s able to smile a lot more and has a much more positive outlook on life.
JEFF FIELDER Editor
GERING – In her early 20s, Ashlie Adams would go through times when she felt really happy, energetic, and “like I was on top of the world.”
The next day or a few days later, however, Adams would feel the opposite – angry, lost, and deeply depressed.
At the time, she didn’t understand why she was experiencing such drastic mood swings, which affected not only her but also the people close to her.
“I would become this mean, awful person to myself and to everybody else,” she said. “Then I would become super happy again, but then it’s like the light would switch, and I would become really sad again. I would cry sometimes, and sometimes I didn’t even want to get out of bed. Sometimes it just felt like the world was out to get me. I hated it, but I just thought that was how my life was and that there wasn’t anything I could do about it.”
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