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Re: reagarding your mood charting.....

Posted by Katia on May 7, 2003, at 14:10:46

In reply to reagarding your mood charting..... » Ritch, posted by ~Alii~ on May 6, 2003, at 13:53:42

Wow! A very practical organized masculine way of doing things! My "chart" is on bits of torn paper here andthere! It's just good I've saved them over the years. My therapist recommended that I start one, it sounds like a good idea on excel. Can you really pull up trends/reports on your mood levels? How do you do that?
thanks.
Katia

> >>>Hi Ponder,
>
> I would suggest backing off the Wellbutrin some. I mood chart my bipolar and keep track of all my dosages on a spreadsheet and watch the trends. I have been able to tolerate Wellbutrin less and less as my seasonal bipolar depression has lifted and now I am looking at very intense hypomanias in April and May. Just an opinion, but when it comes to bipolar I think you need to look at what you can *reduce* before you think of what to add-on. I think Topamax is a good anti-manic agent. Some folks get unremitting *brain fog* from it, some don't. Try dropping your WB down to 300mg/day from 400mg and see if the *anxiety* lightens up a bit.
> good luck,
> Mitch<<<
>
>
> Mitch,
>
> Do you use any codes for your spreadsheets to facilitate their use? I've been fiddling with one in Excel and am not having much luck putting together the exact things I need in this chart. I'm copying off of the one adapted from Sachs, G (1996): J. Clin. Psychopharm. 16:2 (suppl 1) p47S
>
> It is a rather common mood chart but given the advantages of having one on the pc as well as the written version gives me a better chance at getting this information together for the doctors since not a one of them has a clue right now as to what the heck is going on with my moods/sleep/health in general. Bleck.
>
> Roundabout way of asking you if you use Excel and if so do you have your chart finely tuned?
>
> Thank you.
>
> ~alii
>


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