Has any one else noticed a mood change since the time change

This is my first fall/winter with BP1. i was first diagnosed this summer and mostly experience mania. I've rapid cycled a little but not since having a med adjustment over the summer. Late last week a low mood started and crying. This week more depression, crying and withdrawing from social functions.
The only thing that was changed in my routine is daylight savings time.
Has any one else noticed a mood change since the time change?

This time of year fall/winter can effect our moods.. Maybe the time change is a factor also.

i have really not noticed this, at all.

I always have trouble this time of year it seems. I don't know if it is related to the time change or not. It's funny you mention it. My last appointment with my pdoc was the week right after the time change. He mentioned how much he hates the time changes as besides his dog not knowing about the time change and wanting out at 4:30 in the morning, he has many patients that don't manage the time change well either.

Yes ... I dread November through February ... I find myself feeling gloomier as the days grow shorter, the dark lasts longer and the temps get colder ...

I think the term for it is "Seasonal Affective Disorder" ... However, for those of us already suffering with mental health disorders of a depressive nature, I believe it hits us twice as hard ... Personally I feel like a bear and all I want to do is hibernate until it's over ... Grrrrr ... !!!

I've lived with it all my life. yep, time changes, weather changes, moving, ugh... changes in general!

I'm finally starting to adjust, but I have been "off" for a good 6 weeks, taking naps, depressed, etc.

No change here.

I understand seasonal changes affecting us, sunshine always makes me happier, more energetic, and inloveness, while winter, the thunderstorms always leave a feeling of melancholy and being all philisophical, or wonderment,but the cold makes me sad and irritable... Time changes tho? No I dont get it, unless you usually feel different during night and day, coz apart from night and day, time is a man-made mathematical equation... Then again, I cant judge, our clocks dont get tampered with...

I definitely hate the end of daylight savings time. Why can't we always be an hour ahead and enjoy all the sunlight in our lives? I definitely spent the last two summers sleeping very little and the insomnia resolves in winter -- although it may resolve a little too much and I just want to nap.

The seasonal changes and the time change affect me too.......I find myself getting tired long before bedtime because it's dark and that's when my brain thinks I should be asleep. Dark, damp, cold, gloomy days don't do much for my mood either, although this is the first year I've been on medications and I'm doing much better than I expected. My dawn simulator is a godsend---waking up bathed in light, even artificial light, has made all the difference.

You may have just answered my question. My friend out of the blue decided for the past couple of days to just stop in the middle of a seemingly great day. The minute it got dark, he was ready for me to bring him home. Was filled with anxiety and just really needed to go to bed. I do believe the season change is affecting him badly aside from a dosage change of his meds. Thank you....

You may have just answered my question. My friend out of the blue during the course of a lovely day, just wanted to go home and go to bed. He said he had a build up of sudden anxiety. And it occured just as we stepped outside after dinner. He asked me to bring him home at 6:45 and he was ready for bed. He did this yesterday too. by 5:30 p.m. he was in bed and didn't get up till 10 this morning. He is going through a med adjustment at the same time as a season change. He is allowing me to track his moods and for the past three weeks he's been distant and depressed. I try my best to help in what ever way I can without being invasive to his privacy. I see him most days of the week and on the days I don't see him, we try to at least text a few words. Thank you for pointing this out..

I really appreciate all the feedback. I'm trying super hard to be strong and keep it together . I was not sure what was going on and the only thing different abt my routine was the time change. I really miss having sunshine longer in the day. Last week I went to three support groups and I had to make myself go. I felt better after going....just talking abt it helps.