Intense anxiety/depression for very short periods, has this got a name?

[rolls]

A friend of mine has just started getting very intense depression and anxiety in random spurts, she gets it for maybe 5-20 minutes and it happens every couple of days, however she seems totally fine afterwards. She also suffers very mildly from absence seizures (maybe once every year or two) and when these come on she usually gets very sad however she hasn't had any seizures lately.

She is going to see a doc and psychologist as soon as she can get in, but if anyone knows of any proper names for this kind of condition and what the causes/treatment is that would be a great help.

Thanks.

 

[negrogesic]

Bi-polar disorder? Yet, 5-20 minutes is quite a short time....

 

[thujone]

does she have any drug habits? that sometimes happens with users who don't deal with much day-to-day stress but have these moments of reckoning when they get really scared about the future

 

[steel2111]

are they panic attacks?

 

[xxkcxx]

^ that's what I was gonna say.

 

[rolls]

does she have any drug habits? that sometimes happens with users who don't deal with much day-to-day stress but have these moments of reckoning when they get really scared about the future

No she doesnt use any drugs as she is scared it will cause a seizure (she tried e a long time ago and it did even in a very small dose)

are they panic attacks?

Nah she just sits there in a group looking at the floor as if shes going to start crying.

 

[RhythmSpring]

A friend of mine has just started getting very intense depression and anxiety in random spurts, she gets it for maybe 5-20 minutes and it happens every couple of days, however she seems totally fine afterwards. She also suffers very mildly from absence seizures (maybe once every year or two) and when these come on she usually gets very sad however she hasn't had any seizures lately.

She is going to see a doc and psychologist as soon as she can get in, but if anyone knows of any proper names for this kind of condition and what the causes/treatment is that would be a great help.

Thanks.

Condition? How will it help to classify her problem into a condition? People don't get upset like that for no reason, not even purely chemical reasons. Figure out (or get her to figure out) what's making her sad. Emotional problems are not meant to be classified or intellectualized in a sea of medical terms.