Can anybody relate? 

Being off work for the holidays and staying home at my apartment is a surefire trigger into a mixed episode for me, almost within three days off work, every time. I'm a research assistant at a university, so I get two weeks off for winter break, which I should be grateful for, but... Ya know. 

I'm not sure if it's the break in routine, the cramped apartment, the light from my plants' sunlamps, or the boredom. I have hobbies and keep creative, and I exercise, but by day two of a break, both of those seem dull, and by day three, both of those seem dumb compared to pacing around endlessly and crying and thinking about making some irresponsible major life changes. 

Getting out and about helps a bit, but last winter break I was doing the miles-long-walk-at-midnight-in-the-snow thing, for the same reason. 

I don't think it's seasonal, I think it's connected to anytime I get time off. Wondering if anyone has found some lifehack to getting out of that. 

R/o Bipolar 2, 1200mg Lithium 5mg Aripiprazole, 23 male