Posted by Janice on March 6, 2000, at 21:07:09
In reply to Re: Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder, posted by Scott L. Schofield on March 6, 2000, at 10:24:11
You sound like you really know what you're talking about Scott. Are you saying that before I start any AD, I should be extremely stable? I have SAD too, and this weekly cycle cycles on the SAD cycle.
So right now since it's February, and I do live in Canada and it's Monday, I am fairly stable and moderately depressed. But I need to be more stable before an AD, otherwise I will be up and down again. Thanks for all that information.
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My cycle's lowest day is usually always Saturday (except maybe twice a year), and highest day is either Tuesday or Wednesday.Yes my circadian rhythm has been off, as far as I know, my whole life. I try to keep my sleep as regular as possible, but this, so far, has been almost impossible. AFter decades of the Monday to Friday thing, my body's clock seems to have developed its own rhythm. Just recently, I've been noticing I sleep very little on Sunday nights (regardless of whether I am exhausted or well rested)...Monday to Friday, I sleep more and more until Saturday - the sleeping day. There is no phase-shift that causes my cycle to move forward or backward through the week. My circadian rhytm is such that I cannot get to sleep at night and have troubles getting out of bed.
Sleep causes depression.
Little sleep shifts me into mania.
and I seem to have very little control over the whole thing.It sounds like a ridiculously easy problem to solve - but for me, it's very difficult. I do my best but am uncertain if I will ever be able to get my sleep and moods regular.
Anyway Scott thanks for your insights. If you have any ideas about readjusting my circadian rhythm, I would love to hear them. I also have ADHD, which could be where these rhytm problems originate from. Janice
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