Posted by Mr Cushing on December 16, 2002, at 17:27:11
In reply to Re: Question?, posted by Jaynee on December 16, 2002, at 17:09:23
Could this describe you then?Cyclothymic Disorder:
Do you have...
Short periods of feeling active, irritable, and excited?
Short periods of feeling mildly depressed?
A tendency to alternate back and forth between the two?
To make matters even more complicated, you can have a fluctuating form of mood disorder marked by short periods of hypomania alternating with short, mild periods of depression. To have cyclothymic disorder, you have must alternated between high and low periods for at least two consecutive years and never be without mood disorder symptoms for more than two months at a time.
For example...
"Katherine was a 30-year-old woman who, since adolescence, had experienced a pattern of alternating between three-day periods in which she cried a lot and felt sad and less interested in things, followed by another three-day period in which she would feel irritable, energetic, and talkative. SHe had never been hospitalized for either her depressive or hypomanic symptoms, nor had she been suicidal, unable to concentrate, or lost significant amounts of weight. Her boyfriend sometimes complained about her moodiness and ragefulness. Although it was more difficult for her to work when she was depressed, she had never lost a job because of it."
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