Cooking is one of my coping strategies. I hate it when I am depressed, I'll usually be in tears while making myself do it, but I do it anyway because it needs to be done. I try to be as healthy as I can afford to be. I make up big meals and freeze them for the times the energy is really low. Curries are really good and easy to make and freeze well.

When Im baseline I have been known to enjoy it... but when Im hypo, I lose my appetite and just buy food on the run to keep me going. Next time Im on the upswing I will try it as something to do. I've only just started using it as a coping tool recently and I havent been really up for an awful long time. I used to work in a cafe and when I was hypomanic I would start a million things at once. I was very good at multitasking. My boss loved it when I'd finish it but would get so flustered when I had so many things on the go at once. She was worried I wouldnt keep up with it all but I always did, never burned a thing!