Talk:Mood swing

here are many more reasons for causes than what was listed
totally agree. There are many more reasons for causes than what was listed, many of them requiring lifestyle changes rather than or in addition to the medication-oriented reasons.Jeeemeff (talk) 03:07, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

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I think there should be more information - no?

THP
I just saw something on the news about mood swings being caused by a hormone caused THP. So I was thinking that someone should do some research on this and then maybe add this in. 64.131.6.136 22:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

is mood swings bad to have

Only in extreme cases

SAD
The SAD swing link under "See Also" leads to the disambiguation page for SAD. It was probably meant to lead to a specific one (seasonal/schizo/sexual) ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.92.252.18 (talk) 03:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Rubbish
As with most psychology articles.. this takes a very pathological POV. --The.Filsouf (talk) 00:56, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Menopause or Psychiatric Disorder??
Relationship between menopause -- clinical psychiatric disorders or other causes of mood swings is not dealt with in this article. I'm concerned that as a layperson, it is possible to come to Wikipedia with an issue concerning a female family member and to find that mood swings may be typical lifecycle features of the female adult or may be typical of a serious personality disorder. While serious mood swings could be an issue in their own right, I think that somewhere in the articles about personality disorders there should be some recognition that mood swings, particularly in female adults, may not indicate that the sufferer has a personality disorder. Rather, the individual may be going through a life phase. I would appreciate guidance on differentiating between a mood swing episode that is purely hormonal and transitory versus mood swings that indicate more serious problems such as personality disorders. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Riskanhope (talk • contribs) 02:22, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

PMS
Why exactly is this tagged with ? Is somebody questioning whether PMS is a classic example of a mood swing, or whether it causes mood swings at all, or whether it occurs in women, or what? Those all seem trivially obvious and uncontroversial. Perhaps the distinction between having one's brain chemistry directly altered and just being pissed off about cramps is the nature of the quibble? Somebody should explain. Wurstgeist (talk) 19:03, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

This article can be improved by including the definition. Adding more causes of mood swings besides ADHD like night terrors or the enviornment or circumstances youre usually around. Other causes of mood swings that are related to brain disorders. Other factors that can cause mood swings are employment, relationship and financial problems. --Dmikulus25 (talk) 23:01, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Corrections
I have made few correction on this information:

Mood swings are commonly associated with mood disorders including bipolar disorder (manic depression)[1] and depression. In patients with cases of bipolar disorder, the patient expireinces serious mood swings. These episodes consist of the patient expiriencing depression and then suddenly alternating to a state of euphoria.[2] --MeganJacobsmeyer94 (talk) 00:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC)MeganJacobsmeyer94 Another major factor, mood swings are sometimes associated with hyperactivity or hyperactivity/inattentiveness as it is occasionally seen in ADH D. In addition, mood swings can be a result of dealing with daily life, which is most common.

--Lherishen (talk) 22:49, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Your efforts to improve the article are appreciated; it is in pretty bad shape at the moment. Unfortunately, I've removed the paragraph under "Causes of Mood Swings" (added by User:Sillymonkey29). Firstly, I can't see any evidence that the reference used meets the Identifying reliable sources guideline, and so fails to meet the verifiability policy. Secondly, the whole paragraph is written in an inappropriate tone for an encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is not a how to guide. Our articles aren't supposed to give advice. Sentences like "mood swings will happen twice as often in women than in men! Sorry ladies, it's true! Just think for a second though..." are really not in an appropriate tone for Wikipedia. This article does need a lot of improvement, and, frankly, content. That content needs to come from reputable, scholarly sources though.-- Beloved  Freak  10:31, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Critical Kyle
I think the work you did is valid but lacks a well documented source. So i would try and find better sources for your information along with more content on the page as to what a mood swing really is. [|Ebsco] could possibly help you on your search for more information and sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madscientist29 (talk • contribs) 20:22, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Psych 101 Revisions
I thought Sillmonkey's contributions were well worded and important to the article. It had useful information essential to the topic. --GrantCiezadlo (talk) 03:31, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi GrantCiezadlo. Unfortunately, Wikipedia's policies and guidelines mean that information needs to be added in a particular way. It needs to be written in an encyclopedic tone, it needs to fit in with an article as a whole, be from a neutral point of view and be well cited to reliable sources. For more information on the problems with material being added to this article lately, see:
 * Verifiability and its related guidelines:
 * Identifying reliable sources
 * Identifying reliable sources (medicine)
 * Neutral point of view
 * Writing better articles
 * What Wikipedia is not, specifically
 * Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal
 * It might also help to read WikiProject Psychology/How to write a psychology article for a general guide to psychology articles. -- Beloved Freak  10:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Changes?-Needs Clarification
Does "changes in...drug or alcohol use" mean that if a person tends to drink or do drugs too much and all of the sudden they stop that can indicate an oncoming mood disorder too?75.129.91.157 (talk) 07:24, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is what the source says. If you would like to change this, find a better source, and rewrite the text!  Lova Falk     talk   18:30, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Menopause, etc
The list of conditions has no references and therefore is currently not trustworthy. The list also needs to be referenced from a medical source not a popular one. I remove menopause from the list because the term "mood swings" means swinging from an extreme positive mood to an extreme negative one. The term should not be applied to simple negative low moods or dips in mood, which often occur during a strong menopause transition time. The same is true with PMS and with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Being subject to noticeable dips in mood, is not at all the same thing as cycling from euphoria to depression. I think it is very problematic to group menopause in the same "boat" as bipolar disorder; many women were hospitalized against their will in the 1950s and 1940s because of a misunderstanding like this. So this is really a sensitive issue! Invertzoo (talk) 15:58, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Bipolar disorder
The reference to bipolar disorder is problematic, as mood swings are described as rapid, whereas mood changes in bipolar disorder generally occur over weeks or months.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * agreed - a main in the neck how often I have to explain this....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:40, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I third that. It's a real main in the neck. would either of you want to weigh in on a discussion I started recently at WT:MED? I didn't realize this article existed when I first made that post. Not sure what the best redirect is for Emotional lability, Mood lability, Labile affect, Labile mood, etc. Some redirect to Pseudobulbar affect and others redirect to Mood dysregulation, neither of which seem perfect. This doesn't either, but it might be more relevant than the other two. I'm not really sure. Would love to hear more thoughts.  —PermStrump  ( talk )  21:58, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

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APA Citations
List for Wikipedia:

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3.	Maughan, B., Collishaw, S., & Stringaris, A. (2013). Depression in Childhood and Adolescence. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,22(1), 35-40. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565713/.

4.	Auerbach, R. P. (2015). Depression in adolescents: Causes, correlates and consequences. Psychological Science Agenda. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2015/11/depression-adolescents.aspx

5.	Sokratis, S., Christos, Ζ, Despo, P., & Maria, K. (2017). Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health,11(1). doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0145-8

6.	Bloch, Y., Aviram, S., Faibel, N., Govezensky, J., Braw, Y., Rabany, L., & Walter, G. (2013). The Correlation Between Impaired Attention and Emotional Reactivity in Depressed Adolescent Patients. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences,25(3), 233-236. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12080194

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Xrobledo (talk) 19:29, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Mood swings
What is mood swings tell me in malyalam language Mr perfect1468 (talk) 11:36, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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"In normal people"
Is there a better phrase to use instead of normal people in the following? It's being used as an antonym to those with mental illness but the use of normative language is a little off-putting when referring to mental illness. Mood swings in normal people appear like "climate changing" at mild to moderate degree.

Is "oncoming mood disorder" in the following: Changes in a person's energy level, sleep patterns, self-esteem, sexual function, concentration, drug or alcohol use can be signs of an oncoming mood disorder. meant to be "oncoming mood swing" or perhaps "oncoming episode", or is it to mean something more analogous to "developing mood disorder"? Kimen8 (talk) 23:45, 9 October 2023 (UTC)