Early Warning System

Would a mood ring work as an early warning system indicating the onset of mania or depression? I'm thinking it might be more reliable than simple personal reflection on how I'm feeling at the moment. What do you think?

A mood ring only changes with body heat it really has nothing to do with moods.

Something that measures brain waves (bio feedback) might be useful and can found all over the internet.

Well, then, how about a hat band made of the same stuff as a mood ring?

I guess there's no substitute for living in your own head.

Mood rings are a novelty thing and only change with your body heat. I'm very in tuned with my moods and can tell when I'm about to have an episode anyway.

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Mood charting can serve as great indicator/insight into changes in status.
Over time, people learn their own minor cues of impending shifts in mood.


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1 of mine is changes in how my body feels.

like.. stiffness, or ease of movement- what ever

noticed recently that really does work for me

I wish there was something so simple as an early warning system. All I know for an early warning system for mania is when it starts being everybody ELSE's fault for stuff, I need to assess myself.

Yeah, I agree. Mood charting can help you figure out your triggers, as well as figure out which symptoms you tend to display right before an episode. You can also figure out how long your episodes tend to last.

The only difficult thing about mood charting is sticking to it. I've always had issues sticking to it, as I do it on and off instead of doing it everyday. (I tend to think, "Oh, I'm fine... I don't need to do this anymore!")

Oh, I know mood charting is valuable. I use Mood Tracker every day. The part of this post that came closest to serious (I thought it was sort of funny) was for the people who have a tough time knowing when they're sliding into a depression or just sad; swinging into mania or just elated over something. I was fantasizing a finely tuned mood ring which turns the pale color for an average mood, but an intense color for an episode related to the bipolar illness.

Yeah i wish i had a dopler radar for my brain that could tell whether a mood was artificial or chemical. Whether it was short lived and would soon pass or was brewing up something more serious. Energy and Anger would make it more red colored, fatigue and indifference would be blue or black

someone create our ideas free of charge just make it so i can have some sort of control back thanks

That'd be cool. You blend in, until you don't

Then if people get mad just point to the ring and say they should have known better

Something like a Doppler would be brilliant. If only...

I'm with you man hopefully someone smarter than I is taking note.

I assume the up front costs would be very high, but say they made a portable system for hospital use, I would buy that no matter the cost.

Call it arrogant, but I interest myself more than anything else