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When your mood or emotions go out of control, leaving you overly happy or sad for prolonged periods, you're said to have a mood disorder (also called an "affective disorder"). The two most common types are:
  • Major Depression: When you can't shake a feeling of overwhelming sadness for weeks on end, you may be suffering from this most common form of emotional illness (also called "unipolar disorder"). Other tip-offs include a loss of pleasure in things, appetite and sleep changes, apathy, fatigue, hopelessness, guilt, loss of concentration, and even thoughts of suicide.
  • Manic Depression: Often called "bipolar disorder," this condition keeps you on a roller coaster between periods of severe depression and stints of uncalled-for high spirits.
Among other, milder mood disorders is Dysthymic Disorder, a low mood, accompanied by at least three other symptoms of depression, that lasts for at least two years. Effective medications are available for each of these problems. Counseling also can help. For more information on causes, symptoms and treatment, turn to the specific mood disorder that concerns you.
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