Cyclothymia Overview

Cyclothymia Guide

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  • Summary
  • Definition
  • Symptoms
  • Causes
  • Treatment
  • Other Names
  • When to Contact a Medical Professional
  • Possible Complications
  • Outlook (Prognosis)
  • Exams and Tests
  • Support Groups

Definition

Cyclothymic disorder is a mild form of bipolar disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mood swings from mild or moderate depression to hypomania, in which the person experiences elevated mood, euphoria, and excitement, but does not become disconnected from reality.


Symptoms

  • Alternating episodes of hypomania and mild depression lasting for at least 2 years
  • Persistent symptoms (less than 2 consecutive symptom-free months)



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Encyclopedia: Cyclothymia

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Cyclothymia is a mood disorder. This disorder is a milder form of bipolar II disorder consisting of recurrent mood disturbances between hypomania and dysthymic mood. A single episode of hypomania is sufficient to diagnose cyclothymic disorder; however, most individuals also have dysthymic periods. The diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder is never made when there is a history of mania or major depressive episode or mixed episode . The lifetime prevalence of...


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Is it possible to have a diagnosis of Cyclothymia, Depression AND Bipolar disorder?
My GP wrote a report on me stating that I had all three conditions at...

Cyclothymia is in fact a mild form of bipolar. I have known people to go from having Cyclothymia disorder to progress onto having bipolar. Depression is part of bipolar so...

Asked by Canchito - 14 months ago

cyclothymia?
how long do the mood swings usually last because i feel miserable

It varies with the individual, but you can often get an indication from your mood chart of previous cycles, which is 1 reason why I suggest maintaining one. Cyclothymic...

Asked by Ronnie A - 5 months ago

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  • Cyclothymia? - 5 replies

    Cyclothymia, how can they truly tell? And how do they know if it is that or if it is BiPolar Disorder? I've This will be the first of two very long posts about Cyclothymia and Bi-Polarism. I found......

    Nov 25, 2007

  • Question about Cyclothymia - 6 replies

    Hi everyone. I really am very confused right now as to whether or not I may have cyclothymia. I'll saying cyclothymia. I don't know, it's hard to explain now that I'm trying to put it...

    Oct 19, 2008

  • cyclothymia, dysthymia - 19 replies

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysthymia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclothymia after reading an article from the "morbid music" thread i read it mentioned these two things. Cyclothymia is a bit hard

    Aug 29, 2007


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