And in his writing, he did have episodes of seemingly manic energy, hypomania, as well as less sleep and periods of enormous self-confidence, followed by extended dry periods when little except correspondence was written, all symptoms of
cyclothymia, a less-severe form of bipolar disease (see Hays and also Farah, 43).
[1, 2] Depression has a wide clinical presentation and has various subtypes such as melancholic depression, atypical depression, seasonal depression, dysthymia, and
cyclothymia. [3]
"Rachel has a condition called
Cyclothymia Disorder, which means her mood goes up and down.
(2009) IDF 2005 van Winkel, de Hert (2008) NCEP-III, Adapted NCEP III IDF
Cyclothymia Prevalence of BD (Lifetime) 0.5-6.3 Author/year Rate of MS Rate of general population Fagiolini et al.
Josh was eventually diagnosed with
cyclothymia - a condition similar to bipolar disorder characterised by rapid and severe mood changes.
He also has
cyclothymia, a mood disorder that leads to rapid fluctuations between mania and depression.
James Erven visited doctors before he took his own life to say that his life-long mood swings might be a result of
cyclothymia - a mild form of bipolar disorder.
This evaluation includes fundamental diagnosis of major depression, dysthymia, mania, hypomania,
cyclothymia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorders, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, brief reactive psychosis, panic disorder, agoraphobia, separation anxiety disorder, avoidant disorder, simple phobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, enuresis, encopresis, anorexia nervosa, bulimia, transient tic disorders, Tourette's disorder, chronic motor or vocal tic disorder, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, and adjustment disorder (45).
As per STEP BD which is a multi-centric cohort study for a period of 2 years with a sample size of 2000 subjects over the age of 15 years with a diagnosis of either BPAD I or BPAD II or BPAD not otherwise specified or
cyclothymia or schizoaffective disorder as per DSM IV TR criteria found that age was not associated with risk of recurrence of BPAD(p = > 0.05).
Frequent and recurring periods of hypomania and depression lasting over a period of two years, one year in children, characterizes cyclothymic disorder or
cyclothymia. Previously known as 'rapid cycling bipolar disorder,' the name change was made with the DSM-5 (APA, 2013).