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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:02:08

A thought occured to me...if people get treated for depression, are there any cases (surely rare) that someone is too euphoric and needs treated? Is there a name for that disease?

Answer:

Yes there is. It is called Mania. However it is usually coupled with depression. Once called Manic Depression, it is now referred to as Bipolar Disorder.

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I don't think there is a treatment for happy people, but Bipolar people swing from manic to depressed. So the euphoric state they are being treated for is called manic.

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Mania

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I don't know, but I used to have a boss who we called "terminally optimistic". He wasn't stupid by any means, but he seemed to be out of touch with reality when it came to getting things done, especially by the government.

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The government have cured that.

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It is called mania and you may need a slight downer to keep you in line

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It is called Mania. It usually is temporary and will trade with mood with depression. Bipolar disorder is what it is called officially. There are 2 kinds- rapid cyclying where the mood only lasts for a few minutes or where the moods will last for weeks or months at a time.

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hypomania

delusions of granduer

sometime along those lines

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Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts鈥?br />鈥淔or me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night鈥檚 rest.鈥?br />Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling...People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.鈥?br />鈥淵ou know it ain't easy