Mania: The weather is getting warmer and hotter and more manic.
"After the year, depression and mania are more common in Guangzhou, which is related to climate factors." Wu Xiaoli pointed out that the most common season of mania and hypomania is late spring and early summer, especially when the weather gets warmer, followed by spring, which is also the first cold and warm season.
All patients with hypomania or manic episodes are classified as "bipolar disorder". The early manifestations of mania may be changes in personality and behavior. They used to be introverted and stingy. Recently, they have suddenly become generous, flexible, active and energetic in their interactions with people. Their mood changes from stable to fluctuating, or they are easily agitated and angry. Sleep is shortened from six or eight hours a day to three or four hours, but I am not tired the next day, and even the frequency of sexual life is increasing, showing a strong personality.
From the age of onset, from the age of onset, the peak age of manic attacks is often around 30 years old. It is found that there are more mania, hypomania or bipolar disorder among teenagers. Be alert to the fact that there are many "bipolar disorder patients" hidden among adolescent depression patients. Some patients may show depression at first, but they may have manic episodes later. Especially for people who suffer from depression at the age of 15 and 16, the earlier they get sick, the more likely they are to have bipolar disorder.
Mania is more common in women than in men. Wu Xiaoli analysis, patients often have such characteristics: neuroticism, easy to go out, compulsion and impulsiveness, teenagers who grew up in single-parent families, especially teenagers with bad lifestyles or substance abuse, such as alcoholism, K powder, cough syrup addiction and other bad hobbies.
Compared with mania, hypomania is more confusing.
Hypomania usually has the following characteristics: humor, getting along well with others, full of positive energy, and high efficiency in work and life. Wu Xiaoli pointed out that hypomania is sometimes more harmful, because it is more hidden, and patients don't know or pay attention to it. Once it breaks out, it may cause serious harm.
What if a friend brings his own "super energy bar"?
Do you have such friends in your life? They seem to bring their own "super energy bars" with inexhaustible energy. Once they are free, they will make "moths".
Wu Xiaoli suggested that parents, teachers and leaders should guide and help them to maintain an active lifestyle, that is, devote their personal energy to things that are beneficial to others and society.
For example, we might as well give them more workload and let them release their energy in suitable places, such as study, work, sports and other things that make them happy.
If there are obvious patients with depression/anxiety, mania and bipolar disorder in the family, they should make preparations as early as possible, pay more attention to mental health, seek friendship and establish more social support relationships.
Wu Xiaoli emphasized that people with manic traits or tendencies need more work and rest, regular work and rest and exercise, and should not touch alcohol, coffee, tea and other exciting drinks.
Depression: Sunshine "stingy" depression is high.
The onset of depression is consistent with seasonal changes, and patients with depression are more likely to have fluctuations in their condition in spring. Wu Xiaoli pointed out that after the Spring Festival in Guangzhou, the weather was cold and warm. Since the beginning of March, the number of patients with depression has gradually increased.
The peak of depression in spring lasts from Spring Festival to May Day, and Tomb-Sweeping Day is a peak. Rainy weather in spring can lead to depression. In psychology, there is a kind of "seasonal affective disorder", which is the most widely known "winter depression", which easily occurs when winter and spring alternate. Due to the decrease of sunlight, melatonin released by the pineal gland of the brain decreases, leading to the onset or aggravation of depression.
Life prescription: more sunshine and more exercise can alleviate the illness.
If you find that people around you have insomnia, depression, depression and self-blame, low self-evaluation, decreased energy, general weakness, weariness of learning, and sharp decline in academic performance or work performance, your family should pay attention to it and accompany them to see a doctor as soon as possible. Especially families whose parents have suffered from bipolar disorder, when their children have symptoms such as emotional instability, anxiety and depression, they belong to the "ultra-high-risk group", and their families need to pay close attention to their performance.
Depression focuses on prevention, especially for teenagers. At any time, parents should be concerned about their children's emotional changes, especially adolescent children, and they need to talk calmly and sincerely understand and accept them.
However, the treatment of depression can't just rely on "talking". Mild patients, patients with moderate and severe depression, especially those with suicidal thoughts, still have no improvement after two weeks of psychological counseling. They must seek the help of a psychologist with prescription right in time and take standardized drug treatment or transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Critically ill patients also need to add internationally recognized "MECT".
Patients with depression should follow the requirements of "life prescription" while standardizing treatment. More sun exposure and proper exercise in spring will help to relieve the illness. For patients with adolescent depression, it is necessary to reduce their academic pressure, lower their goals and need the support of relatives and friends. Spend more time with relatives and friends, and don't leave them alone.