Treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with stimulants may also trigger severe mania, depression, and even psychosis (loss of touch with reality).

In addition, a bout of severe mania can be mistaken for schizophrenia.

Your doctor may also give you and your child written tests to find out how severe the mania or depression is.

Antipsychotics, which are used to treat psychotic symptoms, such as those associated with schizophrenia or severe mania.

It is important to distinguish catatonic agitation from severe bipolar mania although someone could have both.

Left untreated, however, hypomania can progress to severe mania and in some people, is followed by depression.

Bipolar II defines those who never experience severe mania but instead the manic episodes are milder, and alternate with depression.

Patients with severe mania usually require hospitalization to keep them from risky behaviors.

Since Lilly introduced Zyprexa in 1996, about 20 million patients worldwide have received the drug, which helps control the hallucinations and delusions associated with schizophrenia and severe mania.

Comment: This drug caused severe mania that has never gone away even though I have been off it for awhile.