I decided to start doing some bipolar mood charting. I’ve seen others talk about how it helped them to figure out patterns in their mood swings and behaviors, so figured it couldn’t hurt to give it a try. To find a bipolar mood chart, I just googled it and checked out several options that came up. I ended up going with this chart.
I’ve only been tracking myself on it for four days now, but I’ve already noticed a few small things. For one, I’m clearly more on the low side (which makes sense being Bipolar type 2), and even when I do chart on the “high mood” side, I often chart on the “low mood” side for the same day. So I am predicting that most of my “high mood” days are actually mixed days. We’ll have to see if that stays consistent the longer I chart myself.
I also noticed rather interestingly, that so far, when my anxiety is high, my irritability tends to be lower, and vice versa. Are anxiety and irritability two sides of the same coin just expressed differently? I don’t know, but thought it was interesting.
Lastly, this is something I already kind of knew, but seeing it in writing really drives the point home…I sleep A LOT. On average, about 11-12 hours a day. I sleep HALF the day away! This has pretty much been the case since I started taking Seroquel, so I wonder if that may be responsible.
I find that with anxiety I tend to experience it as being directed inward whereas irritability tends to be more directed outward.
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Yeah, that kind of makes sense.
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I use an app to track moods. It helps me to be aware of patterns.
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Cool. I thought of that too, but I’m pretty low tech lol
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the seroquel is definitely responsible for the sleeping the day away! It does that! Its awful! Is there a different antipsychotic you could try? xo
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I don’t know. The seroquel has been great at helping me sleep overall. I’m not sure which is worse lol.
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Lol 😂
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