Bipolar worksheets that turn management from a hope into a discipline.
Ten bipolar worksheets grounded in the best-evidenced non-medication interventions: IPSRT social rhythm work, family-focused psychoeducation, mood charting, prodrome mapping, and relapse prevention. Free, printable, client-facing — and paired with medical treatment, not a replacement for it.
Daily Mood Chart
Two weeks of data beats a month of memory
Daily -5/+5 mood, sleep, anxiety, meds, and one line of context — the foundation of bipolar treatment.
Bipolar Prodrome Map
Early signs, in the order they usually appear
Personal depression and hypomania prodromes with a first-48-hour action plan.
Social Rhythm Metric (IPSRT)
Rhythm is a mood stabilizer
Track five daily anchors — evidence-based IPSRT tool that reduces episode frequency.
Medication Adherence Worksheet
Structural fixes, not willpower
Honest adherence audit, name the real reasons, install structural fixes for the top one.
Hypomania Early Brake Plan
Pre-agree with people you trust
Signs you're going up and pre-committed brakes — meds, sleep, spending, driving, no new commitments.
Bipolar Depressive Episode Toolkit
The between-appointments non-negotiables
Non-negotiables during an episode, daily minimums, and the 'no major decisions' rule.
Mixed Features Red-Line Plan
Highest-risk state, planned in advance
Recognize mixed features (depression + activation) and follow a same-day red-line plan.
Bipolar Staying-Well Plan
Boring is the goal
Weekly non-negotiables plus a higher-risk-season add/remove list.
Bipolar Psychoeducation
Types, course, treatment — plainly
What bipolar is, common types, and what treatment usually includes — the highest-evidence intervention we have.
Family-Focused Bipolar Psychoeducation
Expressed emotion changes relapse risk
For family: what helps (low expressed emotion, prodrome recognition), what doesn't, our shared plan.
Weekly Mood Chart
Two weeks of data beats a month of memory
One-page weekly grid: mood, sleep, energy, anxiety, irritability, meds, substances, notable events.
Personal Early Warning Signs
Catch the turn before it's an episode
Catalog your earliest signs of both poles and the person who sees it before you do.
Medication Adherence Plan
Design around the obstacles, honestly
Anchor meds to existing habits, name the real barriers, and set up the systems that protect adherence.
Bipolar Sleep–Mood Tracker
Sleep is a driver, not a symptom
Weekly grid pairing bedtime, wake, hours, and quality with next-day mood. Two lost hours a night is a warning.
Bipolar Relapse Prevention Plan
Green, yellow, orange, red — with scripts
A four-color plan with triggers, warning signs, actions, and who to call at each level of concern.
Mood and Medication Tracker
Daily -5 to +5 mood plus sleep, anxiety, irritability, meds — one page per two weeks
The tracker prescribers actually ask for: 14 days of mood on a -5 to +5 scale, sleep hours, anxiety and irritability, medication adherence, notes. Plus current regimen, side effects, and questions for the prescriber.
Frequently asked questions
Are these a substitute for medication?+
No. Bipolar disorder is a medical condition that virtually always requires mood-stabilizing medication. These worksheets support the psychosocial half of a bipolar treatment plan.