manic depressive
noun[C]
old-fashioned(alsomanic-depressive)uk/ˌmæn.ɪk dɪˈpres.ɪv/us/ˌmæn.ɪk dɪˈpres.ɪv/anold-fashionedword for apersonwho hasbipolar disorder(= amentalhealthconditionin which apersoncan attimesbe verydepressedand at othertimesveryexcitedandenergetic), which used to be calledmanicdepression:
They said I was amanicdepressivewho should be onmedication.
Hewroteabout acharacterwho was atroubledmanic-depressive.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome
manic depressive
adjective
old-fashioned(alsomanic-depressive)uk/ˌmæn.ɪk dɪˈpres.ɪv/us/ˌmæn.ɪk dɪˈpres.ɪv/anold-fashionedword forbipolar:
Weseea lot ofpeoplewho arebipolar, ormanicdepressive, who go from being really high to reallylow.
Manic-depressiveillnessandmanicdepressionareformertermsforbipolardisorder.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome