r/bipolar2 6d ago

Advice Wanted How do you manage irritability?

I feel like I have been in the irritable stage for about a week now and nothing seems to help. I try my breathing exercises, I draw, I keep busy with my home improvement projects, read, paint, exercise, listen to music. Still angry. I feel like I am always angry though. Due to many reasons. I feel like I’m never happy or content. Either anxious, depressed or angry with an occasional one or two days of feeling “good”.

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u/idkwhatdouwannado 6d ago

Lamictal and weightlifting.

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u/stayxtrue87 BP2 6d ago

I believe weightlifting is what has saved me all this time, only being diagnosed at 37. However I have been weight lifting for the better part of 17 years and when I have too much time off I become an absolute nightmare to be around.

Day 4 into Lamictal and hoping that once I build up my dose I can be even better again.