OMG---you mean somebody ELSE has this too??

I always thought I was just weird. Like a lot of bipolars I get manic in the spring and early summer, but then there's another period in early fall when I become energetic again and clean my house top to bottom, organizing things and laying in supplies for the winter.....as if I were a squirrel storing nuts. The mood is upbeat and extremely optimistic, and it lasts through at least Halloween. Then the holidays come, and life is busy and good for awhile, but then I crash into depression shortly after my birthday in mid-January and I'm pretty much worthless until about Easter.

Hope this will be the winter when I finally break the mold. I've never before had the tools at my disposal that I have now.......maybe I can just skip the whole winter-depression thing this year. Nothing like being an optimist.