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Originally Posted by Roaming_bird
Icare -- wow! That's so detailed.
Imah, what do you include on yours?
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It is evolving, as some symptoms ebb and flow depending on anxiety and current mental state. Example: I took away Disjointed thinking, only to add it again later when it came back. Also, I have some health things on mine. I used to try to do a 1-10 sliding scale on how bad the symptom was, but I found guessing numbers was too difficult, so now I just put an x if I had the symptom and a - if not.
From top to bottom last month it was: (See Below)
SLEEP (in hours)
NAP (in hours)
TINNITUS
BINGE
EXERCISE
HEALTH
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CHORES (did I do anything around the house)
CONTENT (this is a new one, only added couple months ago)
MANIA
PSYCHIC
FIXATE
ANXIETY
PARANOID (if I feel watched, or the impending doom thingy)
SEEING THINGS
GUILT
(removed guilt / fear this month and am just adding G or F to the extra space column I have on bottom - also where I put a star for more on back)
FORGOT MED (also removed this month. pointless as I usually don't notice until after the day)
FEAR
REPEATING (songs in my head or sentences)
RAGE
PANIC
IMPULSE
DEPRESSION
I have mania more often then depression, and I think my symptoms reflect that. I add other letters like: H=headache, I=Ill, V= Vomit, P= Panic Attack.
I have charted for 15 months. It only takes a minute at night, when I take my last med- except for the few minutes once a month it takes to make the next one. It's been really helpful. The Dr. makes copies so pages are not ripped out. I did take 2 months off once last year. But she validated my journaling by saying it helped her, and that gave me the inspiration to continue. The feeling of carrying my notebook when I had completed one year was like - carrying myself, with lightness and capability.

I love charting me. I feel more (not in control - which suggests repression) but that I could depend on myself.