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Most of the time, my husband and I can enjoy each other's company and interact normally. Then suddenly, seemingly out of the blue, he reacts surprisingly negatively to s'thing that he'd normally treat with an everyday response. He then usually goes quite, spends a lot of time in his 'study' seldom leaves the house and reacts negatively to most interactions with me, being defensive for no reason and when asked what has triggered this mood, its usually all my fault and "life's not worth living" kind of answer. I'll be interested to know what you think about this. Thank you, XXXX
Most of the time, my husband and I can enjoy each other's company and interact normally. Then suddenly, seemingly out of the blue, he reacts surprisingly negatively to s'thing that he'd normally treat with an everyday response. He then usually goes quite, spends a lot of time in his 'study' seldom leaves the house and reacts negatively to most interactions with me, being defensive for no reason and when asked what has triggered this mood, its usually all my fault and "life's not worth living" kind of answer. I'll be interested to know what you think about this. Thank you, XXXX
Brief Answer:
probably a mood disorder.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Dear XXXXXXX
I have read your query thoroughly and understand your concerns for your husband.
The description here suggests that he probably has some sort of mood disorder.
Can you please tell me, since how low he has been behaving like this?
Does he have any history of psychiatric illness in past?
Alcohol or other drug abuse?
Any life stressor?
Such kind of symptoms are usually seen in cyclothymia or sometimes dysthymia.
A psychiatric evaluation is also must and will decide the line of treatment.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Thanks.
probably a mood disorder.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Dear XXXXXXX
I have read your query thoroughly and understand your concerns for your husband.
The description here suggests that he probably has some sort of mood disorder.
Can you please tell me, since how low he has been behaving like this?
Does he have any history of psychiatric illness in past?
Alcohol or other drug abuse?
Any life stressor?
Such kind of symptoms are usually seen in cyclothymia or sometimes dysthymia.
A psychiatric evaluation is also must and will decide the line of treatment.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I think it's true to say he's had mood swings most of his life.
I used to keep a graph of how it went up and down over the weeks/months.
I've never thought of it as a 'health symptom' until recently, just thought he'd easily get in a 'mood'.
May be it's exaggerated since he's retired and has little to show for all his efforts in his own business over many years and is mainly dependant on the pension.
He doesn't smoke or drink, used to be a 'leader' and enjoy the limelight when he was young, but has withdrawn more and more over the years.
He can brighten up and be 'young again' from time to time.
I will look up the 2 conditions you wrote of.
Thank you.
I used to keep a graph of how it went up and down over the weeks/months.
I've never thought of it as a 'health symptom' until recently, just thought he'd easily get in a 'mood'.
May be it's exaggerated since he's retired and has little to show for all his efforts in his own business over many years and is mainly dependant on the pension.
He doesn't smoke or drink, used to be a 'leader' and enjoy the limelight when he was young, but has withdrawn more and more over the years.
He can brighten up and be 'young again' from time to time.
I will look up the 2 conditions you wrote of.
Thank you.
Brief Answer:
most probably cyclothymia.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the details.
I think his symptoms most probably match with those of cyclothymia.
You can read the literature about this, if you wish too.
I would suggest you to go for psychiatric consultation for him.
He might need drug treatment after detailed mental state examination.
Hope this helps.
Kindly close the discussion if you are satisfied with the response and give your valuable feedback.
take care.
Thanks.
most probably cyclothymia.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the details.
I think his symptoms most probably match with those of cyclothymia.
You can read the literature about this, if you wish too.
I would suggest you to go for psychiatric consultation for him.
He might need drug treatment after detailed mental state examination.
Hope this helps.
Kindly close the discussion if you are satisfied with the response and give your valuable feedback.
take care.
Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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