What Are Manic Attacks?
The term manic attacks is not commonly used by mental health professionals. Manic episodes, mania, and episodes of mania are typical terms used to describe periods of mania.
If someone has bipolar disorder, it does not mean that their mood is constantly disturbed by the illness. They may have periods of days, weeks, or even years without a mood disturbance. When symptoms of mania emerge, people may call this a manic attack.
A persistently elevated mood or sustained irritability is present in manic episodes. The mood disturbance needs to last at least two weeks or be severe enough that the person has to be hospitalized for it to be considered a manic episode.
If the person has an irritable mood, the person must have four other symptoms of mania for it to be considered a manic episode. If the person has an elevated mood, the person only needs to have three more symptoms of mania for it to be considered a manic episode.
The symptoms of mania include a decreased need for sleep, increased talkativeness, elevated self-esteem, distractibility, an increase in goal-achieving activity, racing thoughts or flight of ideas, and excessive pleasure-seeking activities without considering the consequences.
The symptoms caused by a manic episode are severe enough to interfere with the person's social, interpersonal, or occupational functioning. To be considered symptoms of mania, the symptoms cannot be caused by medication, drugs, or a physical illness.
Bipolar I disorder is characterized by the presence of manic episodes. The frequency and severity of the manic symptoms often decrease with proper treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy and mood-stabilizing drugs are common components of treatment for bipolar I disorder.
Some people who use the term "manic attack" may be confusing the term "manic attack" with "panic attack." A panic attack is a brief, yet significant and sometimes severe, episode of physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety like feelings of fear or dread and an increased heart rate.
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