Anxiety can trigger bipolar mood swings.

I just learned that anxiety can trigger bipolar mood swings, even if you’ve achieved a good balance with your medication. I must have missed that part in the beginner’s manual, because I thought the medication handled mood swings.

I learned this the hard way. For a couple of weeks, I was extremely anxious about some work I had said I’d do for a friend, and I felt myself slipping into a depression. My friend found someone else to handle the work, and my depression eased. My psychiatrist says that it’s well known that anxiety can cause bipolar mood swings, but I’ll post this here in case it’s news to someone else, too.