Bipolar I: Severe mania, with depression
Distinct periods of elevated, expansive or irritable mood
Inflated self esteem/grandiosity
Decreased need for sleep
More talkative than usual
Racing thoughts/ideas
Distractibility by the irrelevant
Increased goal directed activity, psychomotor agitation
Excessive/impulsive behavior in pleasurable activities
Bipolar II: Major depression, hypomania (milder mania)
Mood elevated or irritable
More energy than usual
Talkative
Decreased sleep
Inflated self-esteem
Hypersexuality
Excessive involvement in pleasurable acitivities
Major depression:
No interest or pleasure (Most common symptom)
Depressed mood
Weight loss/gain
Insomnia/hypersomnia
Psychomotor retardation
Fatigue or loss of energy
Feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Decreased concentration
Recurrent thoughts of death
Cyclothymia:
For at least 2 years, periods of
hypomania and depression symptoms that do not meet major depression criteria
Bipolar NOS:
Official diagnosis for significant
bipolar symptoms, but not
enough to qualify for BPI, II, CT
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