Ask HN: How to cope with burnout every 6 months?

Re:Ask HN: How to cope with burnout every 6 months? by samuraiseoul on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @11:32AM (#21193392)

I think it's worth looking into for sure. I ran across this when I was suffering from some depression and was trying to see how other devs deal with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFIa-Mc2KSk

It's a talk about Bipolar Type II which doesn't have the same kind of full blown manic episodes as regular bipolar type I has. It has hypomanic episodes that are not often reported to the doctor because they seem like happiness or something good, or a sudden drive to do something productive.

I've been getting looked at for it myself now and normal depression meds(SSRIs) can actually negatively effect it.

It may be worth looking at OP!

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Re:Ask HN: How to cope with burnout every 6 months? by throwaway909090 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:25PM (#21195381)

I'm watching this talk with tears in my eyes. I can't thank you enough. I'll talk to my psychiatrist about this. Thank so much.

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Re:Ask HN: How to cope with burnout every 6 months? by samuraiseoul on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:49AM (#21248854)

I'm glad this helped you as well! If you want to, let me know how it goes! If not that's fine too! I hope things look up for you soon! :D

Sending positive vibes!

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