This is a discussion on Bipolar Disorder – Emphasis on Depression within the General Mental Health forums, part of the Mental Health category; I have been recently diagnosed with Bipolar II. After months of fighting off depression and a few more … I have been recently diagnosed with Bipolar II. After months of fighting...
Continue readingWhy does dysthymia arise and how does it manifest itself
Dysthymia is the same depression, only depressive symptoms are not very pronounced. The diagnosis of dysthymia is exhibited when moderately pronounced signs of depression are present for a long time (at least two years). What a multifaceted depression. Especially if you look at this disease from the perspective of psychiatry. Depression alternates with bouts...
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Atypical depression is an emotional disorder in which typical depressive symptoms (depressed mood, ideas of guilt, psychomotor disorders) are mild or modified, and atypical manifestations lead to atypical manifestations, psychomotor disorders) are mild or modified, and untypical manifestations lead to atypical manifestations, psychomotor disorders) are mild or modified, and untypical symptoms are dominant, and...
Continue readingDysthymia and Antidepressants
Dysthymia is a chronic condition that lasts at least two years, characterized by depressed mood for more than half of the days a year, but does not meet the criteria for an episode of major depression. Some patients have the so-called “double depression”, in which episodes of major depression occur against the background of...
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