Posted by Mitch on August 6, 2001, at 9:34:05
In reply to Re: Wacky moods from sleep pattern changes? » Mitch, posted by paxvox on August 6, 2001, at 8:29:51
> Hey Mitch,
> Please elaborate,if you will, on what your "mood cycling" entails. It would be helpful for me.Pax,
Sure, I have BPII (maybe cyclothymia really) rapid-cycling with three-week cycles throughout the year. I also have what they call a DME pattern, that is I tend to get depressed rather suddenly for several days (4-6), then I recover rapidly from it (one day!) into a mild hypomanic phase that lasts from 3-5 days that fades gradually away into a relatively normal (euthymic) period for about a week-ten days and then I slide into the depression again. Also, I have two seasonal depressive episodes overlaid on top of that that can become major D. They last from three-eight weeks twice a year and occur in late Fall and early-mid Summer. I have mood charted and it takes a very predictive course (over the last 25 years).
SSRI antidepressants (and others to lesser extent) seem to make the peaks and troughs deeper, but don't appear to effect the cycle length (or frequency). I also have mood variations during the day as well. For instance when I am hypo I usually don't get revved up until later in the day. When I am depressed I have trouble waking up and I have a lot of early morning awakenings. I don't know if it is the chicken or the egg here, but I do know that my sleep quality/quantity the nite *before* seems to mirror how I feel the following day. So sleep is a major thing for me to monitor.
Mitch
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