Lately things have been pretty good! My new medication has completely eliminated my psychosis, save for some paranoid thoughts here and there... School is going great! I might even have a boyfriend soon...

So that is why my moods have been shocking me a bit... Seemingly out of nowhere, I'll go from happy to thinking about self harm. The thing is, I'd never DO any of the thoughts that come to mind, but they scare me and make me feel depressed. They're just not fun to have.

Is this normal, then, to have this without some sort of trigger? Yes, I know Bipolar is known for the fact that moods change for seemingly no reason, however, that's not been the case with me. Usually, my moods only shift if there's a reason for it. So I find it a little strange that now they're suddenly shifting without something causing it, unless there's an underlying trigger that I'm just not noticing?

And when I get into moods like these, does anyone have any good coping methods?

Any help you could offer would be great!

And this is why I've been gone for awhile...