Hello, Faraway tree, and welcome.

Frankly, I think we've all experienced what you're talking about and it does get better, but you have to have a plan to help yourself.

Six weeks is just about enough time for some medications to take full effect. You have
that to contend with first. They will kick in strongly very soon.

It's good you dropped the alcohol because that will be a huge help in improving your feeling tone over the months ahead.

You may wish to make some changes in your diet right away to help:

1. Remove caffeine from your diet if you are sensitive to it. It can make bipolar illness worse. That means no coffee, tea(if it has caffeine in it) chocolate and
diet sodas or sodas, period. Please see www.http://DoctorYourself.com-caffeine

2. Take your medications.

3. Establish a routine sleep schedule and try to adhere to it as much as possible.

4. Get into exercise; it improves feeling tone, too, as well as keeping desirable weight.

For some people, wheat is bothersome. Try to cut back on it if you can and choose
other carbohydrates that are slower acting which are very good for blood sugar
control. Having a fresh salad every day is part of my regimen.

You will learn the rest as you work at stabilizing your feeling tone. Please look at
some diets on the internet that you might like to extrapolate one or two items from for your personal use.

Right now, please know that you are going to be much better as time rolls on,
and you have a lot to look forward to.

Please take care of yourself. Keep posting as you need to let us know how you are getting along.