Mood diary.

[Aubergine]

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!

[when.will.it.end]

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

[tiptoes]

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.