Does this happen to you?

[quietpraiyze]

Does your bipolar “act up” or you feel “off” when it starts getting close to Daylight Savings Time?

 

[Greg J.]

I can believe it could. How much exposure I had to bright light made a noticeable difference at one time. That's in the head, just like knowledge of upcoming savings time changes. If it is a problem, you might try Light Therapy? (Be sure to understand it is not just having bright light around.)

 

[ToBeLoved]

Some say that it is also cold weather that can affect people.

 

[Greg J.]

Aha, yeah. Some people also just don't like a sunny, warm summer turning into an overcast, rainy, colder fall. Seasonal affective disorder is a real thing.

 

[SarahSmile1980]

A friend of mine said that her husbands bipolar acts up around seasonal changes. And to keep an eye in it during those times

 

[ShadowsChild]

Mine gets worse in October, but I live in an area where I live in physical darkness most of the winter months.

 

[SarahSmile1980]

There is a gland where your temple is on the side of your forehead that produces good feeling hormones. It also produces the hormone for sleep. It is activated by light. I noticed when we have the time change and it is darker earlier i become tired all the time and more depressed. When i used light therapy i felt better. I think it is called the pituitary gland.

 

[Hopes]

Does your bipolar “act up” or you feel “off” when it starts getting close to Daylight Savings Time?

Not usually most of my manic episodes were in the Spring but the last two have been in the winter.