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Category Archive: Mood Spectrum

Psychosis in Bipolar Disorder

Voices, Paranoia, Delusions For reasons not entirely clear, many people, and many doctors among them, seem to believe […]

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OCD and bipolar disorder

(1/2015) Of the many things that can be said about this combination of problems, for now I just […]

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More than depression but not manic

This website is about  “depression plus”:  more than plain depression, weirder or more ups and downs — but […]

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Antidepressant Controversy 2: Do They Cause Mania?

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Antidepressants can cause mania, but how often they do depends on the study.

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Bipolar Diagnosis: Spectrum or Yes/No?

What’s with this “spectrum” talk? The DSM is the official rule book of diagnoses, right? Bottom line:  The […]

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Estrogen in Psychiatry

You’d think psychiatry would know more about this. Everyone knows estrogen has something to do with mood, right? […]

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Complex Bipolarity: Focus on Temperament and Mixed States

Notes from a presentation by Dr. Akiskal This is a “translation” for non-psychiatrists out there. All responsibility for […]

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Mixed States, Depression & Anxiety

This is a copy of the material from my Diagnosis page, placed here for ease of access to […]

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Diagnosis in the Mood Spectrum

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Between bipolar and depression is a range of mood problems called the mood spectrum. It includes bipolar II, depression with mixed features, and depressions that don’t respond well to antidepressants.

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Select Sites for Other Specific Information

(updated 2014) Medication information:Amazingly detailed information on any medication, by any name you know, or you can search. […]

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Rapid Cycling “Treated”

with Gradual Antidepressant Reduction With respect for Dr. Gary Sachs, Director of the Harvard Bipolar Disorders Program and […]

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Menopause and Mood

Menopause affects mood, especially “perimenopause”, the phase roughly 5 years prior to the end of menses (age 51, on average, […]

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Hormones and Mood — Introduction

It’s amazing how little is known about some really basic things — like what causes PMS, for example. […]

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Chapter 5: The Big Picture

Is there Some Evolutionary Advantage to Bipolar? Evolution did not select out bipolar disorder because the genes which […]

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Cycling

a dramatic example — yet missed, and worse Here is one woman’s account of cycling (used by permission). […]

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Mood Tracking

Why track your mood? This is not going to be easy (or tracking exercise, which might be even […]

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Hope

Can you ever get better? If you try enough different medications, might you find one combination that “really […]

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DSM-5 and the Mood Spectrum

(1/11/13) Summary: Here is the DSM-5 planning committee‘s discussion of whether to incorporate, somehow, a “spectrum” way of […]

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