mood swing
Sudden temperament shift
A mood swing is an abrupt shift in emotional state, especially from positive to negative or vice versa: Her mood swings made it hard to know what to expect.
The term often implies instability or unpredictability, and appears frequently in discussions of mental health conditions like bipolar disorder.
Hormonal changes can also trigger mood swings: pregnancy mood swings, teenage mood swings.
Having two opposite poles
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- depressiveCausing or feeling dejection
- cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
- borderlineEdge of acceptability
emotional dysregulation · antidepressants · lithium · psychiatry · diagnosis · episode · hypomania · mania
Prone to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- fluctuatingShifting irregularly over time
variable · unstable · changeable · fickle · temperamental · impulsive · whimsical · shifting
Terse, lively sharpness
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
impatience · annoyance · peevishness · touchiness · surliness · petulance · exasperation · fretfulness
Pre-period symptom cluster
- menopauseEnd of fertility
- pubertySexual development stage
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
menstrual · postpartum · perimenopause · premenstrual · thyroid · cortisol · estrogen · progesterone
bipolar
Having two opposite poles
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- depressiveCausing or feeling dejection
- cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
borderline · emotional dysregulation · antidepressants · lithium · psychiatry · diagnosis · episode · hypomania · mania · depression
mercurial
Prone to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
fluctuating · variable · unstable · changeable · fickle · temperamental · impulsive · whimsical · shifting · inconsistent
snappiness
Terse, lively sharpness
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
agitation · impatience · annoyance · peevishness · touchiness · surliness · petulance · exasperation · fretfulness · irascibility
PMS
Pre-period symptom cluster
ovulation · menstrual · postpartum · perimenopause · premenstrual · thyroid · cortisol · estrogen · progesterone · testosterone
- mood swingsups and downs, fluctuations, volatility, instability, highs
- changeschange, shift, alter, transformation, modify
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, anxious, memory, aware
- emotional responsesfacial expression, tone of voice, temper tantrum, silent treatment, cold shoulder
- changeabilityvariability, mutability, fickleness, inconstancy, instability
- whimswhim, whimsy, caprice, fancy, impulse
mood swingemotional stability
Resilient, even-keeled temperament
even keel · even-keeled · equanimity · level-headedness · composure
mood swingflat affect
Diminished emotional expressiveness
apathy · emotional numbness · indifference · stoicism · temperance
swing, mood, moody, swinging, swung, moods, moodiness, moodily, swinger