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No, but both are classified as mood disorders.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoDysthymia is the term used for mild clinical depression, just like hypomania is the term used for mild mania.
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What occurs in Manic depressive disorder?
A mood disorder characterized by manic highs and depressive lows
What is the difference between manic depression and depression?
Depression is feeling sad and defective for no good reason. Manic depression is a mood disorder which combines this feeling along with the opposite mood in a cyclic "mood swing." The opposite of depression is mania. Mania makes you feel elated and invincible. Manic depression now know as Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder characterized by periods of mania and depression. With MD you sometimes feel euphoric and others you feel depressed and hopeless. With depression you feel like this all the time.
Are Bipolar Disorder and Manic Depression the same thing?
Yes mania is characterized by intense mood changes, grandoisity, excess energy, and insomnia while depression is a comeplete lack of interest of things a person used to get pleasure from, a feeling of worthlessness, and a lack of energy or motivation.
What is bipolar I?
Bipolar I disorder is characterized by manic episodes, the "high" of the manic-depressive cycle.
Is the condition commonly known as manic depression is the mood disorder known as bipolar disorder?
There is no such thing as manic depressive behavior.Manic depression (more correctly called bipolar disorder) has a characteristic collection of mood related symptoms and is thus a mood disorder.
What is another name for manic depression illness?
Manic depression, or manic depressive disorder is nowadays more commonly known as Bipolar disorder or Bipolar affective disorder. It can also be referred to as Hypomania due to public unawareness.
Manic depression is what disorder?
Contrary to what many believe, manic depression is not "serious depression" or "real depression", although it is very serious and real. Mania is the opposite of depression. According to the dictionary, it is "an excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire." A manic-depressive is someone who cycles between mania and depression. It is the same as bipolar disorder. Manic depression is also known as Bipolar 1 or Bipolar 2. Its a complicated mental problem that is treated with medication. MANIC DEPRESSION is now called Bi Polar as in 2 poles of mood, lows and highs. I myself am asufferer and hate the WORD MANIC thankfully it now has a much kinder title. Indeed myself and others do have severe depressions. The highs differ and I have hypomania, mild highs. This is a severe illness many loose touch with reality. Depression is the opposite. Try on line for list of symptoms. good luck
What is the other name for manic depression?
Bipolar Disorder
What is Manic depression usually called?
bipolar disorder
More about manic depression and bipolar disorder?
Manic depression and bipolar both refer to the same disorder. The individual will alternate between states of manic behavior and being depressed. Treatment is a combination of medication and psychotherapy.
Manic depression is now usually called blink disorder?
Maniac depression is now called bipolar disorder.
What term for bipolar disorder has general use?
Manic depression
