Synchrony Between Bipolar Mood Cycles and Lunar Tidal Cycles Ended After Initiation of Light Treatment and Treatment of Hypothyroidism

According to a recent report, mood cycles in a group of patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder oscillated in synchrony with lunar gravimetric tides. Mood switches in a 67-year-old woman with rapid cycling bipolar II disorder on lithium maintenance treatment were assessed with a χ2 periodogram and a χ2 analysis of the mood switches in relation to the lunar tidal cycle. During a period when she was treated with nortriptyline and her thyroid-stimulating hormone levels were elevated, her mood switches had a significant (P
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clinical Case Discussions Source Type: research