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Written By: Aishwarya Vaidya | Updated : August 10, 2018 2:31 PM IST
Rapid changes in the mood can be referred to as mood swings. Your mood swings can affect your professional and personal life as well. Your general emotional state or mood is inconsistent if you have a mood disorder. It can also make you suicidal and can detach you from people.
These are some of the mood disorders you need to know about
Major depressive disorder: You may feel extremely sad and depressed for a long period of time. It can last for years or months.
Bipolar disorder: Manic depression or bipolar affective disorder can be called as bipolar disorder. It can cause unusual mood shifts in mood, energy and activities. People with bipolar disorder feel extremely happy and energized in some periods and in other periods they can feel sluggish and sad. But, they feel normal in between those periods.
Cyclothymic disorder: One may face emotional ups and downs for several days, weeks, months, or as long as two years.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder: During the premenstrual phase, you may experience mood changes and irritability which will go away once you get your periods.
Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) is a chronic form of depression.
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: This affects children. They may feel chronic, severe and persistent irritability.
Here are the emotional and physical symptoms of mood disorder
You may get suicidal thoughts.
You will not find your favourite activities interesting anymore.
You will feel lonely and sad.
You will feel helpless, hopeless, negative and guilty.
You will feel low and fatigued.
You will find difficulty in sleeping.
You will find it difficult to focus.
If you experience any of the symptoms listed above, just seek immediate help. Your expert will give you medication and therapy (psychotherapy).
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