Mood diary.
 

I've been asked by my CPN to keep a mood diary. It's not really to look at fluctuations in mood on a day to day basis, but to notice patterns over the longer term. I get periods of low mood every few months and we're going to look for possible triggers. The hope is that I can catch low mood periods early and they won't be so disruptive to my life when they happen.


Does anyone else keep a mood diary for a similar reason? How do you do it? What kind of things do you you include? I don't really want to spend to much time doing it, just a brief overview - a few bullet points really. I don't experience mania or anything like that, so don't need to record high moods or euphoria.


Any experiences welcome!

Can you think about how things are when your mood is low, ie what changes in your thoughts and behaviour and track that? Like major things. I guess you would have to be aware of your mood and changes to be able to write the m down and isn't that what you're struggling to know already? Excuse the confusion and crappy 4.30am advice

There are a range of websites that can help you monitor your mood.

A lot of them give you a box to write about how you are feeling as well as getting you to rate your mood.

I use mood scope which gets you to rank how much you feel 20 different feelings. I like it but there are loads of others out there, I think it is a personal preference kinda thing.