
Jan 27, 2020, 04:14 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Misfit Toy
My husband just said something about my sleeping too much. I don't feel depressed, but this may be an early sign? I am newly diagnosed bipolar II, so I am just starting to see patterns. I never thought that my "good" times were hypomania, even though I shopped too much and was hypersexual at those times. I was only focussed on the depression. I also didn't see the times when I was agitated and irritable as possibly mixed episode. The depression is the pit of hell. All I want to do is die, and every thought is about being doomed to some sort of hell on earth (i.e. global warming, planet ending scenarios). There is also self harm when I get stressed during that time.
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For many years I thought keeping a mood chart was pointless. Then my therapist asked me to please just give it a try. I agreed while thinking "how can I get out of this?". But, I drew out a nice chart and recorded my moods in the mornings/moods in the evenings. Well, to my surprise there was a pattern. And seeing that pattern was validating and helpful. So if you aren't doing so already, I recommend doing a mood chart for at least one month.
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