Instability, Mood Swings

Four common disorders characterized by instability in mood and emotions are Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and Drug Abuse. The diagnosis should always be made by a medical professional:

Borderline
(Emotionally
unstable)
Disorder

Also called emotionally unstable personality disorder. Unstable relations, impulsivity, recklessness, explosiveness.

Overview Rapidly changing emotions Idealization or total rejection Self-harm Black or white thinking How common are Borderline disorders? Suicidal tendencies Medical drug treatment of borderline disorder Treating borderline disorder by looking at positive areas of your life Influence of family, friends and co-workers on borderline disorder How commonly does borderline disorder occur Co-occurrence of borderline disorder with binge eating Age of onset for borderline disorders More articles about personality disorders

Bipolar
(Manic-
Depressive)
Disorder

Dramatic mood swings between overly "high" (manic) states and depression, with periods of normal mood in between.

General introduction Symptoms Relation to depression Manic episodes Depressive episodes Psychotic symptoms Hypomania - milder manic episodes Shifting between mania and depression How often does it occur? Children and adolescents Variant types Articles about mood disorders in women Articles about mood and depression Articles about the treatment of mood disorders

Premenstrual
Dysphoric
Disorder (PMDD)

Irritability and mood swings in the week before a menstruation in women.

Definition and prevalence Diagnostic criteria Symptoms and prevention Treatment Diagnostic methods Causes More articles about PMDD Mood disorders at childbirth

Substance
Abuse
Kicks and
Abstinence

Substance abuse (and other kinds of abuse) has its own periodicity of kicks and abstinence symptoms.

Tranquilizers (Benzodiazepines) SSRI medicines abstinence Caffeine abstinence Alcohol effects Nicotine effects Marijuana (Hasch) effects Addiction recovery Periodic abusers More articles about substance abuse