Finding out what can trigger symptoms can help avoid or ease future episodes. Stabilizing your moods begins with understanding them and the triggers that may help cause them.
Some possible triggers are: changes in sleep, sleep deprivation can trigger mania. Alcohol abuse can often trigger a depression. Excessive use of caffine or tobacco which contributes to mania. Illicit substance abuse which can trigger either mania or depression depending on the drug used. High sugar consumption . Lack of exercise and an irregular life schedule, eating, sleeping and working at different times during the day.
Stress can trigger depression and also mania. Major life events include: death of someone close to you. Divorce or loss of a partner. Getting married , going away to college or having a child move out to college. The birth or death of a child. Problems at work or school. Financial difficulties which is common among Bipolars. Changes in employment; the start of a new job or the loss of employment. Moving from a familiar environment especially to a completely different one.
Keeping track of you moods and triggers gives you more control in your treatment plan. You can recognize and see beginning symptoms of an episode and can take preventative steps. Knowing your triggers is a self empowerment tool that should be practiced daily.
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