Cyclothymia Research Paper

Some people decide to do some kind of treatment for their ‘disorder’. Certain drugs like lithium, and quetiapine can help prevent or stop cyclothymia, whereas antidepressants can make it worse. Therapy can also be fairly helpful. (“Cyclothymia”). Cyclothymia seems to affect everyone differently. Some people gain “...Rapid-Cycling Cyclothymia”(Northern, Maya). Maya Northern wrote about her personal experience with rapid-cycling cyclothymia. She, essentially, wrote how a normal day with cyclothymia was like. Her type is very erratic so it may be somewhat exaggerated in the grand scheme of cyclothymia. She starts off so depressed she doesn’t even want to get out of her bed. She feels empty and then says, “nothingness is downright scary”(Northern). …show more content…
Their emotions can go from zero to negative and then right back up to one-hundred and ten percent. Cyclothymia can make relationships hard. The afflicted may want someone, but they don’t want that one to look down on them for not being ‘normal’ which could cause secrets to be kept, or if the person doesn't know they have it then there relationships die because of mood changes that don’t connect with the circumstances. Secrets kill relationships. Inconsistency also could make the relationship bad. A UK woman submitted her cyclothymia story to robertsoncooper.com. She has rapid-cycling cyclothymia much like Maya. She would feel depressed around christmas, but when her grandmother died she was full of joy. She didn’t think anything was wrong. She just thought that this is how people feel in school. This is how people feel in life. She got pregnant after a rebound date and then the father wasn’t around much. She cared for her child on her own. One of her next relationships killed themselves. She finally found a place in her life where she feels well even with the UK’s poor mental help. One of her very last lines are, “I am fortunate” (Fortunate-an individual’s experience of Cyclothymia). It is unfortunate that she neglected to include her name and decided that anonymous was good enough for her. Looking at this shows that even if she did work up the courage to put her story out there she still didn’t have …show more content…
The bi in bipolar means two. In the similar category, cyclothymia and bipolar both are a cycle of back and forth between personalities. The difference is cyclothymia is more chronic and milder. (Lieber, Arnold). This means that cyclothymia occurs more often (as in the symptoms, not the actual afflicted) and it is not as severe as bipolarism. The anonymous UK lady jokingly said, “bipolar disorder is for those of who are too busy for the full version” (Fortunate). This is saying that it isn’t super severe. It doesn’t stop anyone from going about their day and enjoying a double cheeseburger from McDonald’s. It may make the underlying tones sad and depressive, or euphoric, but nothing could take the ability to love the taste for