mixed state
Mania depression simultaneously
A mixed state in psychiatry describes a condition where symptoms of mania and depression occur simultaneously or in rapid alternation—the racing thoughts and agitation of mania combined with the hopelessness of depression.
Mixed states carry high suicide risk because patients have depressive despair with manic energy to act on it.
In physics, a mixed state describes a quantum system whose state cannot be described by a single wave function, representing statistical uncertainty about which pure state the system occupies.
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- depressiveCausing or feeling dejection
- mood swingsAbrupt temperament changes
- up and downAlternating between extremes
agitated · unstable · racing thoughts · turbulent · racing · dysphoric · restless · on edge · cycling · anxious · irritable · hyper · exhausted · energy crash · wired · crashed · spinning · all over the place