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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.
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.
The cause of cyclothymic disorder is unknown. Although the changes in mood are irregular and abrupt, the severity of the mood swings is far less extreme than that seen with bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness). Unlike in bipolar disorder, periods of hypomania in cyclothymic disorder do not progress into actual mania. In actual mania, a person may lose control over his or her behavior and go on spending binges, engage in highly risky sexual or drug-taking behavior, and become detached from reality. Hypomanic periods can be energizing and a source of productivity, but may cause some people to become impulsive and unconcerned about others' feelings, which can damage relationships. Because hypomania feels good, some people with cyclothymia do not want to treat it.
Cyclothymia can often be effectively treated with a combination of antimanic drugs, antidepressants, or psychotherapy.
Call a mental health professional if you or your child experiences persistent alternating periods of depression and excitement that negatively affect work or social life.
Potential for progression to bipolar disorder.
People may decline to seek treatment during their cheerful and uninhibited moods. Long-term therapy, however, is likely to be needed.
The person's own description of the behavior usually leads to diagnosis of the disorder.
The stress of illness may be eased by joining a support group whose members share common experiences and problems.
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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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
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
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
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
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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Cyclothymia is a mood disorder characterized by cycling periods of hypomania-unusual emotional highs-and periods of mild to moderate depression.
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