Euphoria Vs Depression

[petrushkagoogol]

Euphoria is ephemeral and often accompanied by laughter.

Depression can be long-lasting (chronic).

The two conditions can co-exist with approximately equal frequency in bipolar disorder.

Can euphoria be long-lasting and if so, what is the condition called ? 

[DrKrettin]

 

Euphoria is ephemeral and often accompanied by laughter.

Depression can be long-lasting (chronic).

The two conditions can co-exist with approximately equal frequency in bipolar disorder.

Can euphoria be long-lasting and if so, what is the condition called ? 

 

 

Bi-polar conditions are better described as manic-depressive. The manic state can be long lasting, but it's certainly not euphoric.

[CraigD]

Euphoria is ephemeral and often accompanied by laughter.

Depression can be long-lasting (chronic).

The two conditions can co-exist with approximately equal frequency in bipolar disorder.

Can euphoria be long-lasting and if so, what is the condition called ?

The psychiatric term for “mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity” is mania. I can’t recall on that applies only to inappropriate feelings of euphoria.

 

In psychiatry, mania is a description of behavior and mental state, not a diagnosis of a disorder causing it. The most commonly diagnosed disorders involving mania are bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. When neither diagnosis fits well, a diagnosis of Schizoaffective disorder is sometimes used.

 

As DrKrettin noted, manic periods are not always euphoric. Mania is mostly about excessive excitement and activity. People in manic states may appear and describe themselves are euphorically happy, or more negative emotions. The key criteria for the condition are agitation and activity.

 

Depression is depression, but mania is not the same thing as euphoria.