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	Manic Depression
		Manic depression is actually the colloquial term for bipolar depression, and one of the symptoms of a larger mental illness known as bipolar disorder.
		Manic depression is one of the less common varieties of depression.
		In the manic phase the patient exhibits an unusually high level of energy and euphoria; in the opposite phase the patient exhibits severe symptoms of depression.
	www.depressionhelpfiles.com /manic.htm (304 words)

	Clinical and Manic Depression Causes, Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Treatment on MedicineNet.com
		A depressive disorder is a syndrome (group of symptoms) that reflects a sad mood exceeding normal sadness or grief.
		Depression symptoms are characterized not only by negative thoughts, moods, and behaviors, but also by specific changes in bodily functions (for example, irregular eating, sleeping, crying spells, and decreased libido).
		Depression is usually first identified in a primary-care setting, not in a mental health practitioner's office.
	www.medicinenet.com /depression/article.htm (1013 words)

	Biological Theories of Manic-Depression
		The disorder is characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania and occurs in 1% of the population.
		Manic episodes are of at least two weeks in duration and are characterized by euphoria, flight of ideas, grandiose delusions, pressured speech, increased activity, and insomnia.
		Manic episodes can also vary in intensity; the milder form of a manic episode is known as hypomania and can be distinguished from a full-blown manic attack by its lack of psychotic features and the lesser degree to which the individual is impaired.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /bb/neuro/neuro99/web1/Bromwell.html (1276 words)

	Manic Depression Signs. The Oscillation of Your Mood
		Manic depression symptoms may be implicit or explicit in nature.
		When manic depression strikes at adolescence, then the first stages of treatment is the psychotherapy.
		When manic depression strikes women in their middle ages, then various thyroid and hormone drugs work better than the popular antidepressants.
	www.depression-release.com /manic-depression-signs.html (355 words)

	Manic depression/bipolar TheSite.org
		Manic depression is known as a psychotic illness because, during manic phases, you may be unable to distinguish between your own intense thoughts and reality.
		In severe depressive phases you might have feelings of such hopelessness, that there is no point in going on with life and even begin to consider suicide.
		Manic depression is usually treated with mood-stabilising drugs such as Lithium or Carbamazepine.
	www.thesite.org /healthandwellbeing/mentalhealth/otherconditions/manicdepression (915 words)

	OHSU Health - Manic Depression / Bipolar Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder, is classified as a type of affective disorder or mood disorder that goes beyond the day's ordinary ups and downs, becoming a serious medical condition and important health concern in this country.
		Manic depression is characterized by periodic episodes of extreme elation, elevated mood, or irritability (also called mania) countered by periodic, classic depressive symptoms.
		Manic depression is likely to run in families and, in some cases, is believed to be hereditary.
	www.ohsuhealth.com /htaz/mental/mood/manic_depression_bipolar_disorder.cfm (594 words)

	Bipolar Disorder / Manic Depression - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
		Manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder, is classified as a type of affective disorder (also called mood disorder) that goes beyond the day's ordinary ups and downs, and is becoming a serious medical condition and important health concern in this country.
		Manic depression is characterized by periodic episodes of extreme elation, happiness, elevated mood, or irritability (also called mania) countered by periodic, classic major depressive symptoms.
		Manic depression is beginning to be better recognized in young children, although diagnosis may still be difficult.
	www.lpch.org /DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/growth/manic.html (726 words)

	Manic Depression and Electroshock Therapy Treatment
		Manic depression is a mental illness highlighted by alternating episodes of mania and depression and is often characterized by elation and euphoric highs and usually is followed by melancholy and severe hopelessness.
		Manic depression tends to run in families and may even be inherited.
		Some go from moderate to severe depression and move on to a full-blown episode of mania and then back to the depression before returning to a "normal state." Needless to say, this "flip flopping" of moods is usually very destructive and patients are frequently hospitalized and unable to work.
	www.electroboy.com /manicdepression.htm (841 words)

	Manic depression
		Manic depression affects one in 200 people, both men and women alike.
		Manic depression is very different from depression - a person with this disorder suffers wide mood swings.
		Causes of manic depression are not known, but it does tend to run in families.
	www.youramazingbrain.org /brainchanges/manicdepression.htm (298 words)

	Manic Depression Symptoms
		Manic depression symptoms are known also as bipolar disorder and are made up of feelings of extreme unhappiness and mania.
		Manic Depression symptoms for the depression cycle of this mood disorder are the same as other major depression symptoms.
		Studies have shown that manic depression symptoms are strongly tied to genetic and physiological factors.
	www.depression-information.net /manic-depression-symptoms.htm (422 words)

	DepressionRemedy.com - Feel better!
		Depression is a mood disorder that influences every aspect of daily life.
		If major depression hits, there is a 50% chance you'll have a recurrence of depression at least once or twice a year.
		Obvious symptoms of depression are treated, such as loss of appetite, sleeplessness, and headaches are treated, but the root of the problem is commonly not addressed.
	www.depressionremedy.com (572 words)

	Manic-depression
		Manic or depressive episodes can be predominant, or the two moods can be mixed.
		The cause of manic -depression is unclear but are believed to be multiple and complex, and may involve genetic, biochemical, and psychological factors.
		Acute manic phase: This phase is marked by recurrent, distinct episodes of persistently euphoric, expansive, or irritable mood.
	www.med-help.net /Manicdepression.html (767 words)

	Manic Depression
		Manic depression is a serious medical illness that, left untreated, can be devastating to patients and their families and friends.
		During depression, or a depressive episode, a person's mood may be described as sad, blue, down-in-the-dumps, or unhappy.
		There is no cure for manic depression; however, this challenging illness can be successfully treated so that many patients can return to their normal lives.
	www.geocities.com /kricketskorner/manic.html (1535 words)

	Manic Depression Symptoms
		One manic depression symptom is evidenced by the inability to sleep.
		Manic depression symptoms are triggered by an imbalance of the chemicals in your brain that keep you from over or under reacting.
		During a manic phase, which can last weeks and even years, you are highly functioning in your job, especially if you are in the position to delegate.
	www.depression-help-treatment.com /manic-depression-symptom.html (448 words)

	Wigging
		Bipolar depression is a more modern and clinical term, and meant to indicate that one is experiencing depression that comes in two phases.
		This is the story of her experiences with manic depression during her education and early career.
		She spent years struggling with hallucinations, suicidal depression and mania, with repeated and long hospitalizations, until she was able to recover from it by taking clozapine.
	www.geometricvisions.com /Madness (2851 words)

	Manic Depression
		Manic depressive refers to mood swings from overly “high” (manic) to overly “low” (depressed).
		Manic episode: A manic episode is diagnosed if elevated mood occurs with 3 or more of the other symptoms most of the day, nearly every day, or for 1 week or longer.
		Depressive episode: A depressive episode is diagnosed if 5 or more of these symptoms last most of the day, nearly every day, or for a period of 2 weeks or longer.
	www.allaboutlifechallenges.org /manic-depressive.htm (585 words)

	Ups, Downs and In-Betweens: Manic Depression and Bipolar Disorder, One and the Same
		Because the terms “bipolar disorder” and “manic depression” are often used independently in the popular media, it is a fairly common presumption that they describe two separate conditions of ill health.
		For example, depression (without mania) is an illness unto itself and requires different treatment than manic depression, yet the distinctions are not easy to spot from the view provided by phenomenology.
		The devastating impact of bipolar disorder, depression, mixed mania and other forms of mental illness adds great urgency to the need for early and accurate diagnosis so that the proper course of treatment can be started as soon as possible.
	healthlink.mcw.edu /article/1031002209.html (867 words)

	Manic Depression, Causes of
		Manic depression is a frequently used term that describes an individual with depressive episodes who also has manic episodes.
		A manic episode as described by the DSM-IV is a distinct period in which there is an abnormal and persistent elevation or expansive or irritable mood.
		Other manic behaviors that are commonly exhibited are gambling and anti-social behaviors such as giving random advice to strangers passing in the street.
	www.peaceandhealing.com /depression/manic.asp (643 words)

	SANE - Manic Depression (Site not responding. Last check: )
		People diagnosed with manic depression tend to experience mood swings from periods of severe depression to periods of elation known as mania.
		In manic phases, people may lose insight into the fact that they are ill and deny that there is anything wrong with them or their behaviour.
		The treatments for manic depression are designed to stabilise your mood and prevent the severe swings.
	www.sane.org.uk /public_html/About_Mental_Illness/ManicDepression.shtm (1828 words)

	Bipolar Disorder Manic Depression Support Group Chat
		Manic Depressive Illness, Manic Depression, also known as Bipolar Disorder, a serious brain disease that causes extreme mood shifts, energy and functioning affects approximately 2.3 million adult Americans, which is about one percent of the population.
		Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depression is different from moods that many people have in their lives.
		The symptoms of Manic Depressive Disorder can be severe and life threatening.
	support4hope.com /bipolar_disorder (675 words)

	Testing new manic depression drugs in slime mould: an alternative to the current serendipitous approach
		Valproic acid, another drug commonly used to treat both epilepsy and manic depression, was also found accidentally, as it was initially used as a solvent for dissolving epilepsy drugs.
		Current manic depression drugs like valproic acid have side-effects - an increased chance of liver damage, an increase in the chance of birth defects (embryonic malformations) if taken by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy and may increase HIV infection.
		This common effect caused by three very different drugs is the core of how manic depressive drugs work and the team has now used this discovery to develop a system for testing new manic depression drugs.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=23226 (1112 words)

	Bipolar Disorder Manic Depression Support Group Chat
		Manic depression, or Bipolar Disorder, has a devastating impact on many people.
		Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, or manic depression, is a mental illness involving episodes of serious mania and depression.
		Different from normal mood states of happiness and sadness, symptoms of manic- depressive disorder can be severe and life threatening.
	www.support4hope.com /bipolar_disorder/index.htm (408 words)

	Mind > Information > Booklets by series > Understanding > Understanding bipolar disorder (manic depression)
		Someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) may swing from moods of deep depression to periods of overactive, excited behaviour known as mania.
		Unfortunately, psychotherapy for people diagnosed with manic depression is rare under the NHS outside a hospital setting, but it may be possible to find an organisation offering a low-fee scheme.
		It's painful enough to be with someone who is in a deep depression, but during a manic phase they may not accept that there is anything unusual about their behaviour, and they may become hostile towards you.
	www.mind.org.uk /Information/Booklets/Understanding/Understanding+manic+depression.htm (3313 words)

	MANIC DEPRESSION (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MANIC DEPRESSION – a new approach to treatment and cure, Raymond C. Forbes, D.M.D. I learned of this cure in 1975 just a few years after Lithium was introduced to treat manic depression.
		He did not set out to treat manic depression but the cure came about as a bi product of his research on the cause and treatment of degenerative diseases.
		Manic Depressive patients have a characteristic glandular pattern.
	www.pittsburgh-dentist.com /manic_depression.htm (386 words)

	Manic Depression / Bipolar Disorder - My Child Has - Children's Hospital Boston
		Depression is a depressive disorder that involves a child's body, mood, and thoughts.
		Manic depression affects more than 2.3 million American adults, 18 years of age and older, each year.
		The symptoms of manic depression, especially in a teenager may resemble other problems (i.e., drug abuse, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, delinquency) or psychiatric conditions.
	www.childrenshospital.org /az/Site1273/mainpageS1273P0.html (701 words)

	NetDoctor.co.uk - Depression - types
		Bipolar affective disorder (manic depression) is a mood disorder that is characterised by:
		In depressive illness that occurs as part of bipolar disorder, the depressive feelings will be worse, they will go on for longer and they will make it harder to deal with day-to-day problems.
		If they are starting to become manic and you notice that they are happier, more irritable, talking faster than usual, sleeping less than normal and especially if they are behaving in an unusually risky way.
	community.netdoktor.com /ccs/uk/depression/facts/biology/article.jsp?articleIdent=uk.depression.facts.biology.uk_depression_article_1906 (878 words)

	Bipolar Disorder & Manic Depression Diagnosis and Symptoms
		Someone with bipolar disorder is not always in either a manic or a depressive phase; he or she may have long periods during which they seem virtually symptom-free (does not have the disordered thinking, delusions, voices, or other symptoms that characterize schizophrenia).
		Likewise, any psychotic symptoms associated with bipolar disorder should occur within the context of a manic or a depressive state - delusions of grandeur and hallucinations may be either wildly optimistic and grandiose, or completely disastrous and guilt-ridden.
		This is why depression alone is not enough to diagnose an individual with bipolar, even if this disease runs in the family.
	www.moodswing.org /diagnosis.html (1511 words)

	Manic Depression/Bipolar Disorder
		In fact, the average age at onset for a first manic episode is during the early 20s.
		For a diagnosis of manic depression to be made, an individual must exhibit both depressive and manic symptoms to a varying degree, depending upon the severity of the disorder.
		The symptoms of manic depression may resemble other psychiatric conditions.
	medicalcenter.osu.edu /patientcare/healthinformation/diseasesandconditions/mentalhealth/mood/manic.cfm (625 words)

	Manic Depression or Bi-Polar Depression
		Depressive and manic depressive illness are the two major types of depressive illness, also known as affective disorders, or mood disorder, because they primarily affect a person's mood.
		You may have heard of other forms of depressive illness usch as dysthymia, a type of chronic moderate depression, or cyclothymia, a form of manic depression in which the cycle (mood swings) are not quite as severe.
		Depression is the "common cold" of psychological problems, perhaps affecting upward of 10% of us at any given time (Alloy and other, 1990) People with run-of-the-mill depression may feel sad, blue, or "down in the dumps".
	www.webspawner.com /users/manicdepression (3196 words)

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