Best & Worst Months

This table indicates the range of "scores" in each category between April 1, 2003 and January 31, 2006. Rather than listing average scores, I feel the median is more informative.

[FYI: the "median" is the number halfway down a list when data are ranked in numerical order - or, to put it anther way, the median divides the data such that half of the months rank higher than the median, and half the months rank lower than the median. As an example of how the "average" can be misleading would be seen in my Xanax figures: my average usage is 7.5mg per month, but the vast majority of months I use less. A small handful of months of high usage can really skew the average. In this chart, the closer the median is to the "best" score, the better.]

	Overall (points)	Joy Etc(points)	Self-Harm (points)	Suidical Days	Xanax (mg)
Best	10 Feb 04	230 Feb 04	0 6 times	0 6 times	0 Oct 05
Median	86	172	27	6	2.0
Worst	213 May 05	98 Dec 05	177 May 05	25 May 05	26.1 Dec 05