Mania and Manic Episodes
Mania is a defining feature of bipolar disorder. As a result, the condition often includes mood swings between periods of depression and manic episodes that interfere with a patient's cognitive functioning. Medication is the most common treatment for mania.
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No one wants to be depressed. Everyone, on the other hand, wants to be hypomanic. Think of hypomania as “mania lite,” for the time being, an elevated mood state that is better than any recreational drug high. Energies bop, inhibitions drop, ideas pop. This is the kind of personality makeover we all pray will happen to us – salesperson of…
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Marcia Purse, Health Guide, answered My wife is Bipolar 2 and and we have… If her mother realizes that this is a serious situation, it might indeed be…
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