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Bad Day or Sign of Bad Times Starting

Is it just a bad day or the sign that bad times are just beginning. You see before I was "bipolar" I didn't worry about that. I had a bad mood and it was just a bad mood. Now I know if I am overly angry, irritable or emotional that it can also be a sign of a season of hypo mania or depression. I do have type one bipolar, but that doesn't mean I don't get hypo mania. Mini mania episodes. Days or hours of slightly heightened mood followed by insomnia, weepiness, and irritability. I just don't know when to react and take action and when to relax and see what tomorrow brings. I have decided to give it a day and see how that goes knowing I have made the necessary changes to get things calmed down. If that doesn't work, I am calling the doctor and increasing my medication. I have been on a low dose for a year now due to some side effects of the medication. I always said I would increase if necessary to stabilize. It is hard not to feel like a failure when this happens. As if I did something wrong to make it happen. Maybe I did, but it sure wasn't intentional. After effects of my latest meltdown. I am tired and sad. I took a zanex or I wouldn't be tired at all. I am canceling everything unnecessary until I feel more like my normal. Like a switch flipped on or off, I could wake up feeling normal. It felt like a switch went off today, but I recognize that there has been a slow increased mood shift over several weeks. Probably my meds slowed it down, but did not prevent it.

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