Posted by capricorn on July 6, 2006, at 18:26:20
In reply to Re: Differences of BP, mixed, hypo, manic, dyspho » HEART~, posted by Racer on July 5, 2006, at 1:38:17
Taken from http://bipolar.about.com/cs/faqs/f/faq_dysphoria.htm
Dysphoric mania, as presented in the Merck Manual, is "prominent depressive symptoms superimposed on manic psychosis." Symptoms include:* crying
* curtailed sleep
* racing thoughts
* grandiosity
* psychomotor restlessness
* suicidal ideation
* persecutory delusions
* auditory hallucinations
* indecisiveness
* confusionIn everyday English, the complex terms above include - trouble sleeping, racing thoughts, grandiosity, mental and/or physical agitation, thoughts of suicide, feeling persecuted for no reason, hearing things, and having trouble making decisions (along with others).
Dysphoric depression, more commonly referred to as a mixed episode, consists of "intrusions of hypomanic symptoms or hyperthymic traits into a retarded major depressive episode" (Merck). Basically, this means that characteristics of hypomania or overactivity occur during a depression that in general has the patient sluggish or listless. Symptoms include:* irritability
* pressured speech against a background of retardation
* extreme fatigue
* guilty ruminations
* free-floating anxiety
* panic attacks
* intractable insomnia
* increased libido
* histrionic appearance with expressions of depressive sufferingOnce again putting this into more common terms, these symptoms include: being easily angered, pressured speech in spite of slowed thinking, being overtired, dwelling on guilt feelings, being anxious in general (for no specific reason), serious difficulty in sleeping, extra sex drive, and being melodramatic about feeling depressed.
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