{"id":493,"date":"2008-11-14T22:46:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T22:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/11\/14\/newsletter-terrible-bipolar-rapid-cycling-it%e2%80%99s-just-awful\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:01:32","slug":"newsletter-terrible-bipolar-rapid-cycling-its-just-awful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/newsletter-terrible-bipolar-rapid-cycling-its-just-awful\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Terrible Bipolar Rapid Cycling.. it\u2019s just awful!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just went through two weeks of constant rapid cycling.\u00a0 <\/span>It sure was tough! I had five distinct mood swings in one day last week. Three were hypomanic, one was mild depression and the other was a severe crying suicidal depression. They all lasted a few hours. I\u2019m doing a lot better today, but I\u2019m tired.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I wrote other blogs about how I handled the mood swings and was able to keep working and do my regular routines. <\/o><\/span>Then I had about three days of terrible OCD. I told my therapist it was a bipolar perfect storm. I had a tight work deadline, my mom went out of town, a guy at a party started flirting with me and that freaked me out \u00a0<\/span>( I keep away from flirting these days!), my brother forgot about a concert we were supposed to go to \u2013 the tickets were not cheap!-\u00a0 <\/span>and then I got some disappointing news about a book that just came out that used my ideas without giving me credit. <\/span><\/p>\n

And most importantly, I was having trouble with my\u00a0Lamictal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/o><\/span>A perfect storm. It happens even when you have worked hard to lead a stress free life. My main goal when I get this sick is to stick to my routine.\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s especially hard to do when I get manic. The mania just feels so good I want to partay! I didn\u2019t though.\u00a0 <\/span>And now I\u2019m better. I\u2019m very tired physically, but I can deal with that. <\/o><\/span>I\u2019ve worked hard for over 13 years to have a system in place that helps me manage these kinds of mood swings that seem to come out of nowhere. My goal is to help others have a system that works as well! I am thankful for my Health Cards.\u00a0 <\/span>They especially help with the flirting issue! \ud83d\ude09 <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o><\/span>Julie <\/span><\/p>\n

PS: I actually wrote this a few weeks ago- it was sent out as a newsletter first- I am doing a lot better- though the hypomania keeps showing up! I removed some of the\u00a0stressors in my life- to become even more like a monk! but it’s working. <\/span><\/o><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just went through two weeks of constant rapid cycling. It sure was tough! I had five distinct mood swings in one day last week. Three were hypomanic, one was mild depression and the other was a severe crying suicidal depression. They all lasted a few hours. I\u2019m doing a lot better today, but I\u2019m tired. <\/p>\n

I wrote other blogs about how I handled the mood swings and was able to keep working and do my regular routines. Then I had about three days of terrible OCD. I told my therapist it was a bipolar perfect storm. I had a tight work deadline, my mom went out of town, a guy at a party started flirting with me and that freaked me out ( I keep away from flirting these days!), my brother forgot about a concert we were supposed to go to \u2013 the tickets were not cheap!- and then I got some [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12137,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/12137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}