Thanks shelterdog for sharing what's happening in your life. I'm 55, single, and my dog is my "significant other". My moods have gotten very intense since menopause 4 years ago. I've had depression and anxiety all my life, but this is the worst yet. My estrogen level is a 5, pretty low. I haven't felt good enough to do a mood diary. It would be a flat line if I charted it. Certain triggers make it spike. Today, just spending money on groceries, seeing couples everywhere, etc. There is a "daily mood" tool here at PC. You can see the link toward the top of every page. It creates a graph, and you can add notes to each day's entry. Anyway, thanks for your post.
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Originally Posted by shelterdog71
I use Yahoo email and there is a nice Calendar feature. Every day I add a new event and entitle it "Mood Diary - Angry" (or whatever the main emotion was for that day). Then at a glance I can look at it and try to determine a pattern. It's quick and easy and I can make a few notes in there about why I felt that way (fought with mom, bad day at work, etc). I've only been doing it for a few weeks so I haven't seen a pattern yet... but I've been doing it pretty diligently. I'm in front of a computer for 12+ hours a day so it's pretty convenient for me. I suppose you could really use any calendar type program for this!
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