Episode 064 - MENTAL ILLNESS AND EUPHORIA

Demystifying mental illness from the perspective of a survivor.

Intention to offer you hope, encouragement and peace of mind.

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The premise to this podcast is that with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or solely a euphoric mood as per the DSM-4 associated features for schizophrenia; a common symptom is Euphoria, or euphoric mood. Your loved one or you, yourself may be 100% clean and sober off of certain street drugs as marijuana, methamphetamines, and cocaine while basically appearing to be intoxicated as such when actually Euphoria is a common feature in many different mental disorders, external from anything but simple brain chemistry that is altered due to illness.