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Old Oct 08, 2011, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by espritlibre View Post
did anyone else read that article and think, "Four episodes in a year... that doesn't seem like very much!" ??
But did you read this part:

>>>>>If you go from depression DIRECTLY to mania, then continue DIRECTLY to depression again, this is "multi-phasic" cycling, worse than plain rapid cycling or even a plain or single "switch." But even "multiphasic" can end at some point, say with three or five DIRECT switches into other mood states, then a period of normal mood.

Worse even than multiphasic is "continuous" cycling, which means that you never have a normal mood period: you cycle directly from one mood state into another with no normal mood. But again, the mood episodes may be long, short, mixed, with added features of panic, anxiety, etc. I guess the worst is ultra-rapid cycling and ultra-ultra-rapid or ultradian cycling, with many episodes in a day which just go on and on. <<<<<<
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Thanks for this!
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