What is Mania Mental Disorder?

Mania mental disorder refers to a state of persistently and abnormally expansive, elevated, or irritable mood, often accompanied by over-activity, excitement, agitation, grandiosity, overoptimism, or impaired judgment. Symptoms of mania may include a prolonged period of extreme, exaggerated, and occasionally dangerous behaviors.

 

Mania is generally associated with bipolar disorder, but people without other disorders may experience mania. When this happens, it means that there is another factor or cause contributing to it, like the effects of a medical condition or substance abuse.

 

Individuals can experience mania on its own, or it may be part of a other mental health condition, like:

• Bipolar disorder
• Substance induced mania
• Schizoaffectivedisorder
• Bipolar disorder secondary to some other medical condition

 

Some people often enjoy experiencing mania, while others may find it causes them distress or discomfort.

In a few cases, mania symptoms may be severe, such as hallucinations or psychosis, and will require hospitalization.

 

Symptoms of mania mental disorder

Symptoms of manic episode or mania mental disorder, are behaviors that are immoderate change from usual behaviors of a person, and may last for one week or longer.

 

People may have some symptoms of mania, such as talking quickly or high energy, but if it seems to be normal behavior for them, it is not a manic episode.

 

Symptoms of mania may include:

• Extreme high energy
• Less need for sleep
• Euphoric feelings, like extreme excitement,  happiness, or feeling “high”
• Feeling invincible
• Racing thoughts
• Being very talkative
• Talking quickly
• Unusual behavior compared to normal behaviors of a person
• Being easily irritated or distracted
• Impulsiveness
• Grandiosity
• Increased goal-directed actions
• Intense anxiety
• Psychosis, a detachment from reality
• An increased reckless behaviors, such as unprotected sex, increased drug use, or excessive spending
• Delusions, like paranoia
• Hallucinations

 

Severe mania symptoms can be serious, and people require treatment in hospital.

Once a manic episode has passed, people commonly experience any of the following:

 

• Unhappiness or shame about their behavior
• Commitment to tasks or responsibilities they now feel unable to manage
• Little memory of what happened while the manic phase
• Fatigue
• Needing plenty of sleep and rest

 

If people face mania due to a mental health condition,like bipolar disorder, they commonly experience a depressive episode after mania.

 

Bipolar Disorder Symptoms

• Feeling sad,irritable, or hopeless all the time
• Lacking energy
• difficulty remembering and concentrating things
• Loss of interest in daily-life activities
• Feelings of worthlessness or emptiness
• Feelings of despair and guilt
• Feeling negative about everything
• Self-doubt

 

Causes of Mania Mental Disorder

A lot of factors contribute to mania. Causes of mania may include following:

 

• Family history: If you have a sibling or parent who has experienced mania, you are likely to have a manic episode in your lifetime.

 

• Environmental changes or stress: Events like financial problems, job loss, breakups, illnesses, and family conflict can trigger mania and symptom relapses.

 

• Brain differences: People with bipolar disorder have noticeable brain differences. A study in 2019 with 73 participants found that amygdala (involved in emotions, memory, and the fight-or-flight response) connectivity and activation are different in people having bipolar disorder.

 

Physical conditions that are associated with mania mental disorder may include:

• Alcohol misuse
• Brain tumor
• Brain injury
• Childbirth (postpartum psychosis)
• Dementia
• Encephalitis
• Lupus
• Medication side effects
• Drug use
• Sleep deprivation, such as insomnia
• Stroke

What is Delirious Mania?

Delirious mania is a condition of the acute onset of the delusions, excitement, emotional lability, grandiosity, and altered consciousness and disorientation of delirium,and insomnia characteristic of mania. Almost all patients showed signs of catatonia.

 

Hypomania Vs Mania

The slight differences between hypomania and mania include:

 

Mania	Hypomania
Your behavior is extreme to the extent that you are unable to maintain regular activities.	People notice changes, but you may be able to maintain regular activities.
Hallucinations or delusions or hallucinations may occur.	Typically, hallucinations and delusions do not occur.
Feelings of invincibility are common.	Taking actions that are harmful to you or others is common.
You may feel detached from reality.	You  feel easily distracted.

Diagnosis

You and your doctor usually discuss symptoms, including how long manic episodes typically last. Next, your doctor will order some tests, such as a urinalysis and thyroid function test to find out other possible contributions to your symptoms.

 

In order for a mania mental disorder to be assessed as part of bipolar disorder, a person must have 3 of the following symptoms lasting to a significant degree, meaning there has to be a prominent change in behavior:

 

• Inflated grandiosity or self-esteem
• lessened need for sleep, like feeling rested only after three hours of sleep
• Feeling pressured to keep talking or more talkative than usual
• Feeling like your thoughts are rushing or flight of ideas
• Easily distracted by irrelevant or unimportant stimuli
• Increased agitation or activity
• Excessive involve in activities that have a high possibility for painful consequences

 

The mood disturbance has to be so extreme that it causes marked disability in your occupational or social or functioning or to demand for hospitalization to prevent self-harm. Also, the mania episode is not due to a medication-or substance-induced disorder.

 

Mania Treatments

People can see their physicians to discuss a treatment plan for mania. Mania treatment options generally include:

 

Medication

People may take antipsychotic medications for the treatment of mania mental disorder. These include:

• Haloperidol
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine
• Quetiapine

If people have a mood disorder other than mania, they may take a drug which help in stabilizing their mood, such as:

• Carbamazepine
• Lithium
• Valproate

 

If people are planning to become pregnant, or pregnant, they can talk  regarding the safety of taking medication for mania to their doctor. Taking medicine such as, valproate during pregnancy can increase the possibility of a baby having learning disabilities or birth defects.

 

Other treatment options for people living with mania include:

• Therapy: If people facing mania due to a mental health condition, like bipolar disorder, they may benefit from counselling or talking therapy.

 

• Community support: If mania is affecting ability of people to carry out daily-life tasks, people may benefit from community support, like a social worker.

 

• Emergency help: If people have extreme symptoms, or a mania is continuing for a prolonged period, people usually need immediate medical treatment in a hospital.

 

• Electroconvulsive therapy: In a few cases, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be an option if mania becomes life-threatening, or for individuals who have bipolar disorder which does not resort to other treatments. ECT passes electric current through the brain to cause a brief surge in order to affect neurons and certain chemicals within the brain.

 

Bipolar disorder treatment

Typically, bipolar disorder treatment contains a blend of at least one atypical antipsychotic or mood-stabilizing drug, plus psychotherapy. The most commonly used drugs for the treatment of bipolar disorder include valproic acid (also known as Depakote or generically as divalproex) and lithium carbonate.

 

Prevention

Although mania mental disorder can’t always be prevented, you can make a plan to manage your symptoms in a better way and prevent them from getting aggravated when you think a manic episode may be starting.

 

Some tips to try during this time include:

• Avoid stimulating environments and activities like busy or loud places or bright places. Instead, choose relaxing and calm activities and environments.

 

• Stick to routines. Go to bed at time, even if you are not tired. Also, stick to the sametimes for taking meals, taking exercising and medications.

 

• Minimizing the number of social interactions to keep you from getting too excited and stimulated.
• Delay big purchases and makeany major life decisions.

 

• Avoid situations and people that might persuade you to make risky or poor choices, like drinking alcohol or taking recreational drugs.

 

• Consider choosing someone to handle your finances during a manic episode.

 

If you ever thinking of harming yourself, tell friends or family, contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or call your healthcare provider. Counselors are available every-time, 24/7.

 

Summary

Mania mental disorder is a drastic change in the usual state and behavior of a person. People generally face impulsive behavior, heightened energy, and euphoric highs.

 

Mania can last for one week or longer and may affect the ability of a person to function as usual. Mania can occur on its own, but often has a link with bipolar disorder.

 

Mania symptoms can be extreme and people generally need treatment in a hospital. Mania treatments can include antipsychotic or mood-stabilizing medication.

 

Learning warning signs, taking care of physical health, and putting coping strategies and self-care in place can also assist people living with mania.