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Charting BIID and Depression
Written by Sean on Saturday, August 16, 2008
I’m doing an experiment which I hope will prove interesting in the long run. I have BIID and I have depression. Over the years the two conditions have affected me at various levels. I don’t think that BIID is causing all the depression, and I know depression is not causing BIID. But they are certainly related in some ways. So I thought I’d start keeping track of how much each of those affect me, on a daily basis.
I created a spreadsheet, and every day, I put in the date in one column, then I rate BIID in a second column and depression in a third. I use a rating from 1 to 10. Where 1 would be that I am not affected at all, and 10 is I could not be affected any more than that. In a fourth column, I am making note of unusual events that might influence one or the other. Like starting on medication for depression again.
I have been doing this for three weeks now. I wish I’d been doing it for years. The longer I do it, the better a trend I will be able to chart.
I know that there are times when BIID is very strong, and depression very low. There are other times where BIID is not too strong, and depression as high as could be. Most of the time though, BIID is very strong and depression not far behind. it will be good to see how that works out over time. It is not possible to see patterns after just a few weeks.
So, let’s hope I can keep it up, and then we’ll see what’s what.
It might be interesting if others did it as well. The more data we can accumulate, the more interesting things could get.
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1 On 26 August, 2008, Roger said:
Good idea Sean. My own interest in being disabled and having to use a leg-brace is directly proportional to my state of well being: when things are going well, life is good, etc I WANT to be in leg-braces. When other things are on my mind the desire subsides somewhat. It is like Maslow’s “hierarchy of needs” in that when everything else is in place this is one part of my being that still needs to be fixed. Good luck!