Manic depression symptoms definition

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Avatar n tn There is a wealth of information in this forum, website and on google. As a beginner try here : http://www.bipolar.com.au/understanding/ Is there a person in your life you are asking with this in mind?
Avatar m tn There are also a gazillion other weird symptoms that go with each of the states (depression, mania, hypomania, mixed episode). It's really complicated and there are different types of bipolar and each person is different. Personally when I'm depressed I'm REALLY depressed and suicidal and I get physical symptoms (digestive and muscular) and I hallucinate.
Avatar f tn Well there are several types of depression, major depression, chronic depression, bipolar manic depression as examples. Symptoms of depression can include an extreme feeling of sadness, sometimes you can’t sleep or you sleep too much, you cant concentrate, you feel hopeless, you have negative thoughts that you cant control no matter how much you try! you can lose your appetite or sometimes you even gain appetite. You can be easily irritated.
202665 tn?1248806733 t long after I stopped takeing Seroquel and lithium that I had a bad manic episode followed by depression - I slept until almost 2p yesterday and still wanted nothing to do with the world. Needless to say, I start the lithium again but only half the does of seroquel i was on before. I also take cymbalta and lamictal and am hoping those help. I guess in short I'm stuck aren't I? It really bothers me...but the alternatives aren't great.
Avatar n tn Some mood stabilizers treat mania more easily than depression (although Lamictal generally treats depression well) but each person responds differently to each medication. If his psychiatrist doesn't have any more ideas you could seek a secnd opinion but ask them what might be the appropriate next step within their clinical discretion. Also note the use of medication and dosage are different for a younger person and you could discuss this with the psychiatrist as well.
724388 tn?1231372047 is there any way of overcoming the manic depression problem? i have been experiencing depression for as long as i can remember. i think it all has to do with my loving uncle passed away when i was young, my biological father not being around since i was 4, having a stepdad raise me and my sister, my mom being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, ect. there has been a number of tramatic events in my life that may have caused this depression. can anyone help this far into depression?
4430260 tn?1355099657 You may rapid cycle after a while. I can't tell because all of us cycle differently. The depression could and probably will be severe but you can make it through it. Time slows down when you are depressed, well I don't have to tell you anything about depression. If you haven't fell into manic depression in a while I will give you some tips that I have figured out. The manic depression will pass.
Avatar m tn Been bipolar for most of my life but did not understand it. have been manic since jan 2010 and it could'nt have come at a better time. my spouse is ill and had to get her through it. I'm concerned that this episode will end and i will go back to being depressed again. Are there any steps to take to avoid another mood swing?
1965148 tn?1354978634 As others here have commented, a real psychotic episode, which is a very serious event, must occur in order for their to be a true 'bipolar I' diagnosis. The diagnostic 'bar' for labling someone as 'manic depressive' must be high, because of the risks of the medications that are needed to control this illness, among other factors.
1167245 tn?1353878500 I can go years and years (4-5) without a manic episode unless I go off my meds. I have had periods of depression usually after my manic episodes that have left me feeling suicidal. Usually in bipolar 2 the mania comes but not as extreme. Some people cycle from depression to hypomania almost daily. Personally I'm glad I have bipolar 1 because the cycles are more spread apart.
1226240 tn?1269719467 The longest my manic episode has gone on for is 3-4 months this year till now. Half the time I didnt even know I was in a manic state until it all started going downhill, then I back tracked and realised that it all started from a bit of excitement.
915369 tn?1355314810 m confused on where I fall. A manic episode needs to last a week unless in hospital, depression said 2. I always described my manic episodes as lasting anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks but after talking to my fiancee she says they last a few days and rarely more than a week. Since being on lithium my deppresive episodes have gotten shorter,a few days to a week, occasionally more. I'm wondering where that leaves me.
222267 tn?1253302210 So either they are not bipolar, i.e. their depression is not bipolar depression rather unipolar depression or that they take them until a little relieved then they start again on their mood stabilizers. Most probably they are unaware of the consequences. They tried it once and it worked for a while. The problem with this disease is that the brain system is not stable. Even if it's stable we call it in engineering metastable position.
1334561 tn?1277233286 I have been smoking weed, even with my Manic Depression, and Its not affecting me any differently than it has when I was smoking Quarter (.25 of an Ounce) Before I was diagnosed, should I stop or May I Continue...?
Avatar f tn Hypomania is not as intense as mania. For example, you may be pacing, full of energy, talking fast, and racing thoughts, but at the same time you are not a complete ball of energy. Like you may just be much more energetic but not necessarily clean the whole house at 2:00 a.m. You just don't go up as high. I have hypomania and not mania. Psychosis can happen sort of any time, from what I understand, either in deperssion or mania. I would ask these questions of your doctor, too.
574118 tn?1305135284 And yes, some people do go back to normal on their own eventually, although others flip flop with no middle or have swinging gradients between depression, mixed states, and manias. Other people are manic for years, either constantly or intermittently, without ever having touched drugs (while drug abuse is a common problem/symptom in BP I, there are plenty of people who don't have that particular symptom and are still really manic).
Avatar f tn Those were all the things I did when i was going manic, if you arent into that category id talk about anti depression meds instead of a mood stablizer...although anti depression meds are pretty harsh , to me anyways...
Avatar f tn Many of us on this board have some kind of mental illness, wether it be depression, PTSD, Manic-Depression or other. Manic-Depression comes in many sizes and is different with everyone.
574118 tn?1305135284 Too much pain will cause me to go depressed. I can also go manic from zoloft but I am put on it sometimes to pull me out of manic depression. Tha is the only reason they will put me on it and they will only keep me on it until I start going manic because that is the opposite of manic depression. Even will all that I can have breakthroughs of mania or depression involuntary. S to answer your question all of us are different with different cycle of mania and depression.
Avatar f tn Drugs like amphetamines can in some cases worsen existing mania, or bring it out in people predisposed to becoming manic; these drugs an also mimic the symptoms of a manic episode if taken in a great enough quantity (less need for sleep, racing thoughts, sometimes even psychosis, etc.), so what you've been experiencing could be caused by any number of things.
635467 tn?1223553618 I think I may be suffering from the manic depression side of bipolar!!! The only symptom i do not posess is the hallucinations and the violence (well not towards humans or animals anyway) although i do tend to throw soft objects such as teddies around!!! My mother had bipolar all of her life (the manic depressive side). I dont know when my next outburst is going to be.