Posted by Ritch on April 7, 2003, at 22:13:29
In reply to Re: Mitch-Mood Charting, Caffeine (or anyone else) » Ritch, posted by jumpy on April 7, 2003, at 19:18:47
> Jumpy, you can download one at http://www.psycheducation.org I prefer desk calendars. Right now, I am using a Risperdal calendar (because it is smaller) that my pdoc gave me. If you are in the process of changing medications, I would continue drinking coffee like you always do-that way stopping coffee doesn't lead you to think a medication isn't working or causing a side effect that it wouldn't have otherwise.
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> Thanks Mitch ... for some reason my "word processor" doesn't display and print the psycheducation's mood chart correctly ... I guess I will make one myself. JumpyFWIW, the type of mood chart that is available online that you see is something you would more likely encounter as an inpatient (it just intuitively seems that way to me anyhow). It just doesn't fit my right- brained way of looking at things very well. For real, try just going to Staples or Wal-Mart or someplace and get one of those cheap big-assed desk calendars. Just write in your meds and their doses on the lines for each day. I just rate my mood with a +,++ or a -,-- on days that seem to need "remarking". If I feel unusally tense, hostile, or have trouble sleeping, I just note it with a special mark. Then you have got a ready-made printed record that you can save and refer to. If you use color-coded markers for things that helps make it more intuitive as well. If you like (and your cycles are long enough), you can thumbtack the peeled off pages on a wall and scan through them looking for patterns. You may be surprised at what you discover....
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