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Individuals with mood disorders alternate between periods of depression, marked by a lack of interest in activities and feelings of worthlessness, and manic episodes, where the individual appears to be very engaged.
The following lists symptoms of both the manic and depression phases of mood disorders:
Depression
- depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day
- markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all activities
- significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain
- insomnia
- fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
- feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
- diminished ability to think or concentrate
- recurrent thoughts of dying
Manic Episode
- decreased need for sleep
- more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
- flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
- distractibility
- increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation
- excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences
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Revised: July 09, 2002
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