[Nishan]

OCD person should keep an OCD Diary
it will give you a picture of your disorder and it's affect on your life
you can keep it on line or a password protected excel file
a sample Diary

[lowinmood]

what if you become obessive about the diary though! does it actually help?

[Nishan]

Originally Posted by lowinmood

what if you become obessive about the diary though! does it actually help?

what do you mean by " become obessive about the diary "

[lowinmood]

It's what I do, I fill in things like that for myself, and I get a bit obessional about it, and I end up feeling guilty if I don't fill it in, such as a mood diary for my bipolar, it got to the stage where the diary itself was putting me in a bad mood because if I went to bed at night, and I'd forgotten to rate my mood that day, I'd feel guilty about it, then I'd feel angry with the diary. But otherwise, it's probably a good idea.

[Nishan]

Originally Posted by lowinmood

It's what I do, I fill in things like that for myself, and I get a bit obessional about it, and I end up feeling guilty if I don't fill it in, such as a mood diary for my bipolar, it got to the stage where the diary itself was putting me in a bad mood because if I went to bed at night, and I'd forgotten to rate my mood that day, I'd feel guilty about it, then I'd feel angry with the diary. But otherwise, it's probably a good idea.

what medics do you take for bipolar

[coyotee]

Originally Posted by lowinmood

what if you become obessive about the diary though! does it actually help?

That's what happened to me!! My counselor had me do something similar to this, but it stressed me out, it was an added burden. I kept wondering if everything I was doing would qualify as an entry in the journal.

But actually, Nishan, thank you so much for this post, because your template looks a little bit more simplified. When I did it before it was starting from scratch every time. I like that this one sort of has a constant form to it and you could have the same sort of events pre-written within it everyday. Plus - the section where you can say : no (i didn't do this today) - it's nice to see and to have that 'win'.

[lowinmood]

Originally Posted by Nishan

what medics do you take for bipolar

I don't take any medication.

[Nishan]

Originally Posted by lowinmood

I don't take any medication.

i think you should take medic(my opinion)because i know a bipolar person who refused to take any medics when things are ok he did't take medics for more than 2 years and he became manic can't even recognize who is he and need to be hospitalized

readthis
If the person refuses to get treatment | Bipolar Caregivers

[lowinmood]

Originally Posted by Nishan

i think you should take medic(my opinion)because i know a bipolar person who refused to take any medics when things are ok he did't take medics for more than 2 years and he became manic can't even recognize who is he and need to be hospitalized

thanks for the advice, even my GP cannot inform me whether I should take meds or not for my bipolar, only my psychiatrist - and I do whatever she tells me to do, and because I have had an adverse reaction previously for the bipolar meds, sodium valpurate, and a bad reaction to anti-psychotics, their is little options on the medication front she can offer, I also have a bad reaction, am allergic to pain relief, so I guess many would recommend someone who has a headache to take painkillers, and not always, without knowing the person's medical history, is the safest and best way for them, for instance, it could kill me if I did that. So I take the safe option, and listen to what my psychiatrist advices me on, but thanks for the tip anyway.