In an ironic twist of fate I have been hyperfocused on identifying hypomania and depression as found in my blog posts from May 2013 - Now. I started out by listing things. Then I decided to just go all in and create an Excel spreadsheet where I tracked moods on a scale of: -3 super Depressed or extremely exhausted -2 mild/moderatly Depressed or a bit lethargic -1 a bit sad or a bit tired 0 pretty normal 1 a bit speedy (this is what feels "normal" to me), or mildly irritated/anxious 2 driven, moderately energetic or fairly irritated/anxious 3 hypomania-- projects that I cannot stop-- lots of energy, or extremely irritated (See, here is where the idea of me being just a straight-out "Abstract Random" falls to pieces.) As a lay-person I would have to say this does not look like the chart of someone who is Depressed. Nor does it look like someone whose Depression is under control. It was an interesting exercise and made me realize:
1. How often and how long I was sick with sinus infections/fevers 2. How much longer my periods of hypomanic activity lasted than I thought. Grateful Crap: Start of school and I am not having hypomanic feelings of needing to get everything done. (Thanks in large part to the "School Tool Box" that we purchased through the parent group at our school so all of my kids' school supplies are already at school.) Daily Convexions: took meds blogged moderation at Goodwill (and cash-only, which may be my rule there from now on) time outside talk with a friend Found myself very hesitant to tackle any cleaning or organizing tasks until I have a plan to figure out how not to fall prey to the c Comments are closed.
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