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Originally Posted by gravyyy
I guess I don't know how you tell what an episode or "cycle" is. It's confusing if the "normal" times in between the depressed or agitated episodes are part of the cycle or if they're really normal times... I agree with DJ that it's not predictable at all. I never really know from one day to the next how I'm going to feel. It's frustrating. I also agree with cat_eyes that routine is difficult but important. I guess it's all part of the process, I just need to figure out what the heck the process is.....
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My only advise is to read about the disease and try to match the symptoms of every episode to the ones you experience. I did that using the book "Bipolar Disorder for Dummies" (you know the series for dummies), which explains bd in a way you can recognize your own symptoms in there. I liked it very much. And when I showed my pdoc the episodes I could identify she told me they were correctly identified. That gave me an insight of the nature of the disease.