Aw dog, it's like that sometimes. Crying and laughing are both peculiar in that they can replace each other in almost every instance. Often one leads to the other.

All the things you speculate on are probably contributing. Alcohol is great for taking stress down a notch, but it's crap for stopping crying, and worse for sleep than almost anything. Don't you usually wake up after about four hours when you go to sleep by using alcohol? I do. It's wierd.

The meds matter. It's like you gotta be on 'em or be off 'em. Skipping scrambles the senses. That's the prime suspect to me.

If it keeps up when you're meds are stable, then maybe you want to see about crying it out. Let it go. So what. Nothing like a good cry. (and I'm a guy!) lol.

The only other thing I have to offer is that so much of this doesn't make sense. I mean, there are triggers and their resulting swings, but then there are just so many emotional anomalies with this too, it just isn't worth exhausting yourself on the why's that just aren't always there.

I'm surprised to find this thread sitting here empty; every bipolar in the world has probably felt this. lol.

Sure glad to see you sticking around.

sqrl.