Bi-Polar gotten worse with weather change

[kris123]

So my worry has increased since it is getting warm.  I worry so much, that I can't stand it and my anger moods are really bad.  Dr said keeping taking 200mg of limtical(sp) and gave me Neurontin which I am not sure I want to take.  I took this long ago and didn't like it but he seems to think it will help me sleep at night.
The limtical helps me get to sleep but wears off and I can be up for hours at night worrying.  Does any one have these problems and what have you done?  Is it the weather change?  My mood swings are getting worse.

[adel_ezz]

like jst4shanell said for me it's worse these days as it is getting warm. Upon asking one pdoc who is the head of the psych hospital hosting some 500 pts he confirmed by saying these days all our affective disorders pts are worse and relapsing and this happens he said in this season of changing weather from winter to springer every year. But of course this is out of experience what he reports and needs to be viable statistically

[jst4shanell]

Bipolar is effected by the change in weather.  I really have to monitor when the sun starts coming out more because it actually causes me to become manic.   Not Seasonal Effective Disorder

[bastet56]

I had seasonal affective disorder when I lived in foggy Ca. It hits me a little now that I am in sunny nevada when we go into fall and the days get shorter. Your moods should improve with the longer days. You might be having a reaction to the meds or the meds are not catching and treating all your symptoms. Anger and irritability are a nasty part of BP. There should be other meds that your dr could try.

[kris123]

Yes, I am sure I got that too lol.  My bipolar has been under control for a while but every since he got me down to one med, I am been off a bit.  My moods for the last six months have been hard to deal with.  My anger right now is getting all most out of hand.  I go anger and then I go way down to the bottom and then I worry so much.  I am only getting about 3-4 hours of sleep a night because I am so wide awake.  Grrrrrrrr  I hate dealing with my bipolar, just when you are getting under control, it goes out of control

[ILADVOCATE]

No the weather can't change bipolar but there is a condition called seasonal affective disorder where moods vary based on the change in light. You could ask your psychiatrist about that.