After posting my thoughts about custom designing a mood tracker, I finally rescheduled the template. I post it publicly because it holds me accountable and that motivates me to fill it out. I’ll try to make better use of this overview space to discuss whatever I might see in the way of patterns.
The lack of medication remains a concern. Meds are in no way a magic bullet BUT they are a life raft of a sort. Only way for me to correct this is get my medical coverage back in place so I can afford the prescription.
Mood Score Key:
Sliding Hypomania = 1 ~ Hypomania = 2 ~ Mania = 3 ~ Baseline (My Normal) = 0
Sliding Depression = -1 ~ Depression = -2 ~ Severe Depression = -3 ~ M = Mixed State
Energy Score Key:
Low = -1 ~ Normal = 0 ~ High = 1
Irritation Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3
Anxiety Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3
Migraine Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3 ~ Extreme = 4 ~ Aura Present = A
Sleep Quality Score Key:
Bad = -1 ~ Normal = 0 ~ Great = 1
Special Notes for the Week
Menses Start Date: ~
Weigh-In at Med Clinic: ~
Sunday ~ January 21, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at ???, up at 8:30am
napped 3:30pm-6:30pm
Sleep Quality: -1
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- none (no insurance = no meds)
Meals
- 5 cups of coffee
- 2 bags of microwaved popcorn
- 1 bowl of pepper beef chow mien with crunchy noodles
- 1 bowl of homemade chili with cheddar cheese
- 4.5oz Sunkist Coconut Dark Chocolate Espresso Blend Trail Mix
Notes
- watched the new Blade Runner movie with my parents this morning
- pros: I enjoyed the slow pace and the intellectual twists and turns of the plot
- cons: my dad did not enjoy the slow pace and both of us felt like the lighting was poor in too much of it
Monday ~ January 22, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 1am night before (kept chasing Little Bear back to bed), up at 6am
napped 2:30pm-6:30pm
Little Bear asleep by 8pm
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- none
Meals
- 2 cups of coffee
- 1 cup of plain black tea (for the heartburn and sour stomach)
- 5oz Sunkist Mango Dark Chocolate Blend Trail Mix
- 2 pkg ramen noodles – Nissan brand has a no added MSG variety now!
- 1 small slice of banana bread
- Little Bear got some from his teacher and shared with me
- I’m assuming it’s the same one that asked for my mom’s banana cookie recipe
- 2 chicken burgers on Kaiser rolls with lettuce, tomato, and onion
Notes
- ended up with heartburn and a sour stomach after dinner – the onions maybe?
Tuesday ~ January 23, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 2am night before, up at 5:30am
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- none
Meals
- 3 cups of coffee
- 2 bowls of rice Chex
- chicken nuggets and fries
- a handful of red vines
Notes
- no school due to snow storm
- we did not lose power where we are, just linking the article documenting the severity of the storm
- news of Ursula K. Le Guin passing away
Wednesday ~ January 24, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 1A
Hours of Sleep: bed at 10:30pm, up at 6:30am (slept through first alarm somehow)
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 600mg Ibuprophen @ 9am
- 600mg Ibuprophen @ 1pm (4hrs apart, should have taken Tylenol instead)
Meals
- 2 cups of coffee
- 2 cups of “double shot” coffee
- 1 pkg of Fruit Smileys
- 1 handful of Hershey minis
- 1 oatmeal chocolate chip granola bar
- 2 bowls of macaroni with tomato sauce
Notes
- half day for public school – teachers’ workshop
- at first thought the headache was due to eating the ramen noodles, but going over my tracker I’m now thinking it’s caffeine withdrawl instead – caffeine is technically not a trigger, but I think caffeine headaches might be one but I’ve yet to see anything official connecting the two
Thursday ~ January 25, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 1A
Hours of Sleep: bed at midnight, up at 6am
Little Bear would not stay in bed last night – was still awake at midnight
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 600mg Ibuprophen @ 6am
Meals
- 2 cups of coffee
- 2 12oz. cans of Dr. Pepper
- 2 6in roast beef subs
- pork roast dinner with potatoes and corn
Notes
- no idea what’s causing this headache at this point – possibly due to the winter storm we had recently? maybe the drop in caffeine intake?
- at least by noon the pain was gone
Friday ~ January 26, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 1 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 11:30pm, up at 6am
Little Bear was asleep by 8pm
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- none
Meals
- 3 cups of coffee
- 4 12oz. cans of Dr. Pepper
- 1 pkg. (probable 5oz.?) of fried dried mango chips
- 2 pkgs. of no added MSG ramen noodles
- 3 slices of bacon pizza
Notes
- school district sent out a robo call today to inform us three schools were in lockdown due to a threat to the community
- am I the only person that finds it more distressing to not to receive official word on what’s going on?
Saturday ~ January 27, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Irritation: 0 ~ Anxiety: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 2:30am night before, up at 6am
napped between 3pm and 6pm
Little Bear wouldn’t stay in bed last night
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- none
Meals
- 3 cups of coffee
- 1 12oz. can Dr. Pepper
- 2oz. freeze dried apple chips
- 2.5oz. Sunkist Strawberry Banana Blend trail mix
- 1 slice leftover everything pizza
Notes
- quiet day, not much happened