Posted by blueberry on November 30, 2006, at 17:52:35
For 2 years now I have experienced a strange daily pattern. I have tried to change it with things like high carb meals vs protein meals. Also tried different med dosing times. Even with supplements...like tyrosine that gives me a nice boost...the afternoon crash happens regardless. Xanax gives me a real nice mood...but fails me in the afternoon. Nothing changes the pattern. I will rate mood on a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being suicidal, 1 being fantastic.
Waking = 8
Morning = 5
Afternoon = 9
Evening = 3I feel really bad upon waking. I improve throughout the morning. The afternoon sinking, as I call it, is viscious and highly predictable no matter what I eat or anything. The evening bounce, as I call it, is fairly predictable no matter what I eat or anything. I've tried various meds the last 2 years. Different doses. I've tried my longtime zyprexa at 2pm, 4pm, 8pm...no difference. Even with a steady state of the long halflife of prozac there was no difference. The evening bounce comes with or without zyprexa. I drink decaf coffee.
What is this pattern? Some kind of hormonal thing? Some kind of glucose thing? Some kind of bipolar thing? I don't understand it except that it is relentless. Any ideas? What am I overlooking?
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