Posted by floatingbridge on April 9, 2011, at 11:26:54
In reply to Re: Rapid cycling Agitated Depression or Mixed State? » SLS, posted by Frustratedmama on April 9, 2011, at 9:19:51
FM,
A mood/med diary helps tons. One less thing to keep in my head.
I'm going through three year's worth of graphs (very crudely done, on graph paper notebooks).
Also a place for random symptoms,
triggers, and plain old activity. Since my rage episodes, I've added emotional affect. So maybe anxiety is high (!) and depression is kinda' low, I will note emotional expression as anxious, cranky, anger, rage, teary, fearful. I suppose I could add avoidant.With barely a few seconds to Stitch together, some days I just check stuff off before I go to bed. Not science, but helps me track, esp when the going gets rough.
(Scott posted a link to a mood chart to download. Search the archives or ask him. Googling produces some mood charts, too. I think my ADD is such that I just had to make my own, lol :-/ )
*a rose by any name
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