Welcome to the Sober is Dope Podcast with your host, POP Buchanan. In this episode, we take a deep look at Manic Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and addiction. Thank you, Dr. Tracey Marks, for this amazing information and videos. Download your free Bipolar packet here- http://markspsychiatry.com/manage-bipolar

The symptoms of mania include elevated mood, inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, difficulty maintaining attention, increase in goal-directed activity, and excessive involvement in pleasurable activities. These manic symptoms significantly impact a person's daily living.

What is a manic episode? A manic episode is not a disorder in and of itself, but rather is diagnosed as a part of a condition called bipolar disorder.

A manic episode is an emotional state characterized by a period of at least one week where an elevated, expansive, or unusually irritable mood exists. A person experiencing a manic episode is usually engaged in significant goal-directed activity beyond their normal activities. People describe a manic mood as feeling very euphoric, “on top of the world,” and being able to do or accomplish anything. The feeling is like extreme optimism — but on steroids.

Sometimes the manic mood is more irritable than it is elevated, especially if the person’s wishes are curtailed or denied altogether. Often a person in the midst of mania will engage in multiple projects at the same time, with little premeditation or thought to go into them, and finishing none of them. They may work on these projects at all hours of the day, with little regard for sleep or rest.

A person’s change in mood is typically associated with manic symptoms that should be observable by others (e.g., friends or relatives of the individual) and must be uncharacteristic of the individual’s usual state or behavior. In other words, they’re acting in a way that isn’t typical of themselves, and other people recognize it.

The manic feelings the person experiences should be severe enough to cause difficulty or impairment in their ability to function at work, with friends or family, at school, or other important areas in their life. Symptoms also cannot be the result of substance use or abuse (e.g., alcohol, drugs, medications) or caused by a general medical condition.

Bipolar disorder can be treated, usually with a combination of medications (called mood stabilizers) and psychotherapy.

Specific Symptoms of a Manic Episode

In order for a manic episode to be diagnosed, three (3) or more of the following symptoms must be present:

* Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity

* Decreased need for sleep (e.g., one feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)

* More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking

* Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing

* Attention is easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant items

* Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school; or sexually) or psychomotor agitation

* Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)

Thank you, Dr. Tracey Marks, for the informative videos.

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