[comicgeek007]

Okay, so I was hyper earlier today, but now I'm starting to feel really down. I know the "reason" is completely irrational, but I still feel that way. I'm going to try my best to get over it on my own before I declare myself crashing. How long should I wait to know whether it's an episode or just a mood?

[Confusedinomicon]

If it's situational it is most likely a mood response.

[ultramar]

The reasons behind/triggers for mood are very often apparently 'irrational,' it's human nature. (Of course figuring out the why is what therapy can often help with). I would try to follow the chain of events from the cause to the mood. Bipolar or not, some moods are always going to be situational, life is always throwing stuff at you (people/us) and of course it's going to affect how we feel. I think accepting that sometimes how you feel does have a reason behind it (however irrational it may seem, at least at first) helps to give us agency. If there's no reason, if it always comes out of nowhere, I think it's harder to feel empowered to be able to understand it (and ourselves) and cope with it.

[Mental_Peroxide]

I'm having problems right now with my meds crashing on me in the late afternoon. I get up early, but have tried putting off taking the meds to see if they will last longer; but, nope, about 1500 I take a nose dive. I talked to my dr. about this as I'm trying to get him to add a stim to my plethora of meds (fat chance) and he has me taking my meds in sections instead of all at once. It's not working either. Then once I crash, my mind turns to the things that hurt the most and ssllliiddeeee right into a major depression. There has got to be a way. (changing meds is not an option; I've tried almost all of them and Parnate (an MAOI) is the ONLY one that works for me. Hope you are feeling better.

[~Christina]

You have been all over the place, getting all different kinds of diagnosis from all kinds of doctors and what not...
Maybe you need to just throw your hands up and say to hell with it all .... maybe you will feel good maybe you wont feel so good , You have been creating beautiful art work,Don't analyze your mood or emotion just Live ....

Just a thought.

[comicgeek007]

I feel normal now so who even knows. Back to art, I guess.

[faerie_moon_x]

Are you tracking your moods CG? Maybe you sould do it just like a week if you're not. Just to see where you're at. I know some people don't like doing it. I find it very enlightening and helps me figure out where I'm at and where I'm headed.

[ultramar]

Originally Posted by comicgeek007

I feel normal now so who even knows. Back to art, I guess.

I think if you hone in on and label every ebb and flow in your moods, it could end up backfiring on you and can be crazy-making (figuratively) in and of itself. I'd think it would be rare for anyone (including in the general population) to stay in exactly the same mood all the time, from day to day. There's an ebb and flow to life, to mood, I have the sense -so far- that labeling all of these changes (which has sometimes been daily) has not been helpful to you. I really don't know what would be helpful for you, I've just had the sense that this hasn't been...