Thanks, Fern. And that's an interesting list. From experience, I knew the exercise was good to avoid, as well as music (stimulating or powerful), and alcohol, but not the rest.

I must confess that I had started drinking more than I previously allowed myself. I was downing up to two at lunch and two at dinner these past few weeks. Four per day is not "moderate drinking" even for a healthy man let alone a woman on bipolar medications, with a history of alcohol abuse. That stopped today. Plus, it also seemed ridiculous since I started blood pressure and cholesterol meds. I've been eating a lot of junk lately, too, which is not my norm. It's hard to make healthful meals during such a chaos as I am living in.

I wonder why the nuts and salmon affect dopamine and serotonin.