Pattern:Everyday wake up....wonder if it's worth all this effort,to try and fix ,the unfixable.
Have a cuppa,think....maybe I'll give the day another go.

Mixed episodes are the killers of BP.....it's hell.

are these rhythms like crop circles... lets ask dobies

My Pdoc gave me a journal and unfortunately I have been to lazy to use it. I have been writing in my journal here, so I should attempt the mood journal. They say it can be extremely helpful

No Fazer, I have a life with things to do and schedules to keep!

OH! OH! you were SERIOUS?

everytime i think this is a good idea, start keeping track of my moods.. and then i forget and never follow thru (i guess i shouldn't expect anything more). but its really a good idea tho.

I notice that right now I am in about a weekly cycle that repeats on a monthly basis. But then things come along mid cycle and throw it all off wack.

Oh ya and I have tried to track my mood and I do well while Im manic. But as soon as I get mixed or depressed then I stop tracking. Or if I get really tired (I do when I work and then watch the baby) or if my fibro kicks in and kicks me into a down state then I stop too...

Hi Fazer,

Interesting post wow.

I should, and I will.

Sincerely

I just started paying attention this year..I was high as a kite around the end of April (my birthday) then went downhill around August (which has been a bad month for me for years...I don't know why) and now I'm cycling up again...six months later..so I'm gonna see if I cycle up again in April...yay.. fun!! :P

I haven't been as good about my journaling recently, but I was journaling here daily and truly thinking about the happy faces. It did help me to see where I was at at what point and I could go back to read the corresponding journals to understand better. But....no, I've never filled out the real mood charts. I had a pdoc do a consultation on me one time and he did a life chart of moods, now that was fascinating to see just how the mood course has changed over the years. I should dig that out and add the past 3 years to it. hmmm...

All my friends know I have bp they keep me pretty regulated especially my husband. It is hard to analyze your own moods when you have bp because the illness distorts your perception. Like wearing different types of glasses on different days. I use the "normal" people around me in my life to tell me and my doctor how I am doing

My wife has a monthly rythem
I dont like Aunt flow.
Every twenty eight days she comes to visit aaaaarrrrggghhhh

Hahaha matt.
Yeah I forgot about that one!