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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Are The Symptoms Of Mania

Health Encyclopedia: Bipolar Disorder Treatment

Treatment


Bipolar disorder is a recurrent disease that can be unpredictable. The major goals of treatment are to:

  • Treat and reduce the severity of acute episodes of mania or depression when they occur
  • Reduce the frequency of episodes
  • Avoid cycling from one phase to another
  • Help the patient function as best as possible between episodes

The doctor will first try to determine what may have triggered the attack and identify any accompanying medical or emotional problems that might interfere with or compli...

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Expert & Community Posts

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...clinic with manic symptoms. You give him an anti-mania med to bring the mania down, right? Then... Read more »

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FLIGHTY - A New Way to Identify Hypomania
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...L. Wagner suggested a new way to identify when hypomania might be present.   Hypomania is a... Read more »

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The Bipolar Spectrum
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...depression. They just don't happen to cycle up into mania or hypomania. There is strong evidence... Read more »

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Tamoxifen Significantly Reduces Mania Symptoms
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...drug Tamoxifen with patients who were experiencing mania, or who were in a mixed state that... Read more »

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Goodwin and Jamison Book a Major Achievement
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...DSM. These involve “mixed states,” symptoms of mania in depression and symptoms of... Read more »

Health Guide

The Top 10 Myths About Bipolar Disorder
...necessarily. Most people with bipolar disorder are depressed far more often than they are manic. Often, the manias are so subtle that they are overlooked by both patient and psychiatrist,... Read more »
Depression Issues: What is depression?
...depression symptoms fall between major and dysthymic depression Bipolar disorder (manic depression) - full mania and major depression (I) or hypomania and major depression (II) Cyclothymic... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder Overview
...manic-depressive illness, is characterized by moods that swing between two opposite poles:Periods of mania with exaggerated euphoria, irritability, or bothEpisodes of depressionAlthough chemical... Read more »
Depression Issues: What are the symptoms of depression?
...and cyclothymic depression symptoms include the above during the depression phase alternating with mania symptoms of high energy, euphoria, distractability, poor judgment, and sleeplessness. Some... Read more »
Ask the Author: Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
...old concept, but it’s now gaining new force. Think of a continuum with depression at one end and mania at the other. In the middle, depression and mania tend to converge and mix it up. These... Read more »

Medications

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...mental/mood conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar mania). It works by helping to restore the ... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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