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I'm interested to learn about this too. I've never tried keeping track, but I suppose it could be very helpful. What all do these charts track? My Pdoc mentioned them once, but I've never seen one. I guess it's time to do a little research...

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Well, the book is called Bipolar for Dummies and the charts I am looking at are the Mood Chart on p. 198 and the Sleep Chart on p. 200. The mood chart tracks a month at a time. Groovy/Normal is the baseline, and the range is +3 Yeehaa!(Really Manic) down to -3 Who Cares?(Really Depressed). The sleep chart is also for a month. You can list things like time you went to bed, time you fell asleep, time you woke up, times you woke during the night, nap times, total amount of sleep, and your energy level on a +5 to -5 scale. I think I am going to make a couple copies, one to have and one to start filling out. What could it hurt?

RainbowFaerie