Bipolar Treacle

[ReddishOfRed]

I don't know how many of you experience this, but I'm talking about a wierd effect that I have to call Bipolar Treacle.

This is like a part of depression, but I am never depressed any more when I experience it. The point is I may have found something that actually reduces this wierd effect......

Bipolar Treacle - Like having a head full of treacle or lead, like a wierd deep, deep exhaustion, radiating out from my head into my body, trying to tell me to take a long, long, long, deep rest. Except it would probably take at least two weeks or more, and the rest probably wouldn't cure it.

"Cure......?"...... So I used to be a gardener, then I stopped because of complex changes-in-life reasons, and now I've discovered that I can actually start doing it again. The wierd thing is, In the morning, lying in bed, before my first proper full-ish working day, I had a really bad case of Bipolar Treacle. Nevertheless, I pressed on in hope.
In the evening, it had vanished by 95%. And it didn't come back. Today i did the second full-ish day's work, and still no Bipolar Treacle.

Now, this is something that is occuring with me not in a depressed condition. I worked in a garden centre while I was horribly depressed about 15 years ago, and it was probably good for me, but it was a major struggle for months. So i acknowledge that.
And I know that you can't just up and start gardening at the drop of a hat.
But maybe food for thought.

reddish

[ReddishOfRed]

Am I the only one who experiences this?

I get it quite a lot. If I get involved in some vigorous activity, it appears to vanish, but it comes back sooner or later when I'm at rest again. I thought it might be something to do with malfunctioning mitochondria.

Is it just so common and obvious that it's not worth mentioning?

Bizarrely, it's a partly pleasant sensation, but it's totally impractical.

[calypso]

I do understand. I was lead to believe that waking up with depression is a sign it is severe - maybe talking crap here. But you are managing to fight it. I think having a few successes will encourage your brain to change the patterning which may cause the treacle effect.

I get this for odd moments every day, and usually fall asleep when it happens. xxx

[ReddishOfRed]

Oh, thanks calypso. Get well soon.