Bipolar cycling
last I was hypomanic was Christmas. Ever since, I’ve been having these on and off severe depressive lows and they are awful! Normal baseline for a few days and then back to severe depressive lows for a few days then back to baseline and here we go again more depressive lows. I don’t know what might be causing this, nothings changed. I’m so embarrassed by these mood switches as I volunteer at a bunch of places and I keep having to cancel because of lows
When people with BPD come down from a hypomanic episode, they are usually exhausted and depressed. And in the case of bipolar 2, the lows are much more frequent than the highs and they can last from 2 weeks to longer. I also have bipolar 2.
The best thing I can say is go for a walk. Immerse yourself in a show or a video game for a few weeks and let yourself be a blob while you wait for the storm to pass (anything is better than staring at a wall--trust me). Sleep in and go for brisk walks. Eat good comfort foods.
Journal or find an outlet. Before treatment when I really knew what was going on, if I was paralyzed by depression at least I knew I'd have just enough energy to get up and type away all of the thoughts that were eating me alive. Just to dump them out of my head made me feel a little bit better.
Hopefully this helps.
Ps, do you take mood stabilizers? I've started on them a few months ago and they help the lows to not be so low.
