While it might be inevitable that you will occasionally hit rock bottom, there are ways to minimize the amount of time that you are spending there. Since rock bottom can be dangerous, by looking into what causes your slips and finding things that lift you up could be important.

The most important thing to remember is that stopping medication is a bad idea. While it may seem like continuing with your prescriptions is actually making things worse, by stopping your pills you are actually hurting yourself in two ways. The first is by no longer taking medication that will most likely help you, and the second is by disrupting your routine. In order to keep yourself slightly higher, you want to keep any routines that you have started intact.

When you feel yourself slipping, trying to get out of the house will hopefully lower your likelihood of slipping. If you have a job, now would be a bad time to call in sick. By making sure that you follow patterns and you do activities that keep your mood high, you will be able to prevent yourself from slipping.

Rescheduling therapy is also helpful in this scenario. By meeting with your therapist earlier than originally planned, you will be able to talk out any issues that might be coming up. It is important that things that are bothering you are not allowed to fester at this point. If you allow them to become larger problems, you will find your mood slip. It is times like this when controlling your symptoms becomes truly important.