Clinical features
The components of the manic mood disorder include:
- mood changes:
- elation/euphoria/cheerful
- irritable/quick to anger
- optimistic/enthusiastic
- grandiose
- activity:
- boundless energy
- poor concentration
- speech changes:
- conversation is rapid and cheerful
- the stream of speech may be pressured
- the patient skips rapidly between topics of conversation
- topics may be only casually related or be related by a pun or rhyme e.g. "look at the branches of the trees; I don't like bees"
- delusions:
- the severity ranges from an overoptimistic view of the world to full blown grandiose delusions
- the severity ranges from an overoptimistic view of the world to full blown grandiose delusions
- somatic disturbances:
- insomnia
- increased apetite without weight gain
- increased libido and sexual activity
- increased desire for alcohol or other drugs
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