Dysthymia is a depressive disorder but not as intense as
major depressive order. Here a person experiences feelings of hopelessness, low self
esteem and irritability in addition to sleep disorders, fatigue and eating disorders for
a part of the day but not constantly. In major depressive order however a very low mood
is present throughout the day for extended periods of time in everything that the
patient does. This also makes the patient committing suicide very
likely.
Cyclothymia again is a milder form of bipolar
disorder, though both are in the same family. The patient with cyclothymia has phases of
extreme euphoria, optimism, aggression, agitation, risk taking, etc. followed by periods
of very low esteem, pessimism, social withdrawal, etc. The same symptoms in an extreme
case would qualify to be diagnosed as bipolar disorder.
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