Bipolar Disorder Mania Quiz
Are you ready to test your mania knowledge? Good luck! Answers are below.
1.Mania has two levels of intensity. What are they?
a. Euphoria and dysphoria.
b. Awake all night and feeling groggy the next day.
c. Full blown mania and hypomania.
d. Talkative and non talkative.
2. Which of the behaviors below represent manic behavior?
a. Driving 90 miles an hour down the freeway while playing air guitar on the steering wheel.
b. Yelling and raging at the people who care about you and telling them to leave you the @$@# alone!
c. Meeting someone and moving in the next week.
d. All of the above.
3. There are two types of mania: euphoric and dysphoric. What is the main difference?
a. Euphoric mania isn’t serious.
b. Dysphoric mania doesn’t come with sleep problems.
c. One is an upbeat mood where a person feels great, creative and excited about life’s possibilities. The other is a negative, agitated and depressed mood that feels physically uncomfortable, irritable and miserable.
d. Only dysphoric mania has impulsive decisions regarding sex, spending, travel and work.
4. What medications are used to treat and manage mania?
a. Anti psychotics
b. Lithium
c. Anti Epileptics
d. All of the above.
ANSWERS
1. Mania has two levels depending on a diagnosis. What are they? (The answer is c.) Full blown mania and hypomania. They share similar symptoms, but the full blown mania is far more serious and often requires hospitalization. It can also be combined with psychosis. But don’t think that hypomania doesn’t cause problems. It certainly does! People with bipolar I have full blown mania. People with bipolar ii have hypomania.
2. Which of the behaviors below represent manic behavior? (The answer is d.) All of the above. I know because all of the answers were my behaviors before I was diagnosed! They still show up.
3. There are two types of mania: Euphoric and Dysphoric. What is the main difference? The answer is c. The other three are simply wrong!
4. What medications are used to treat and manage mania? (The answer is d.) All of the above. And sometimes all at once! Anti epileptic medications such a Lamictal, Depakote and Tegretol are used as mood stabilizers, but they were originally for epilepsy. Interesting!
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