manic episodes
Frenzied mood states
Manic episodes are periods of abnormally elevated mood, energy, and activity that characterize bipolar disorder.
During a manic episode, a person may feel euphoric or irritable, sleep very little, talk rapidly, take unusual risks, or believe they have special abilities.
Episodes can last days to weeks and often require treatment.
She was hospitalized during a manic episode.
The term appears in both clinical and casual contexts, though casual use risks trivializing a serious condition.
- flight of ideasRapid unconnected thought shifts
- racing thoughtsRapid uncontrollable mental activity
- pressured speechRapid, urgent verbalization
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- elevated moodHeightened emotional state
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- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- bipolar disorderhypomania, bipolar II, cyclothymia, mood swings, manic depression
- emotional volatilitymood swings, lability, volatility, dysregulation, ups and downs
- Tortured Geniustortured genius, Van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh, genius, madness
- psychosishallucinations, psychosis, delusions, delusion, schizophrenia
manic episodescatatonia
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