Mood swings will be fairly frequent – you will not go for longer than 2 months without experiencing low mood or an emotional high. You might feel sluggish and lose interest in things during these periods, but this should not stop you going about your day-to-day life. The periods of low mood do not last long enough and are not severe enough to be diagnosed as clinical depression. If you have cyclothymia, you'll have periods of feeling low followed by periods of extreme happiness and excitement (called hypomania) when you do not need much sleep and feel that you have a lot of energy. Men and women of any age can get cyclothymia, but it's more common in women. People with cyclothymia are at risk of developing bipolar disorder, so it's important to get help before reaching this stage. If you think you have cyclothymia, it's important to seek help from a GP. This means cyclothymia often goes undiagnosed and untreated.īut the mood swings can affect daily life, and cause problems with personal and work relationships. Most people's symptoms are mild enough that they do not seek mental health treatment, or the emotional highs feel nice, so they do not realise there's anything wrong or want to seek help.
Cyclothymia, or cyclothymic disorder, causes mood changes – from feeling low to emotional highs.Ĭyclothymia has many similarities to bipolar disorder.
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