Whats the diffrents between depression and manic depression?

Manic depression (or, bipolar disorder) is a condition where the person has periods of mania (meaning extreme feelings of well-being, like they could conquer the world and don't have a worry in the world) and then bouts of depression.

Depression is just depression without mania; both are caused by brain chemistry.

Ppl with depression can experience it a few different ways. Some become seriously depressed once and then return to normal functioning. Some get stuck in serious depression (chronic). Some have ongoing mild depression (dysthymia). Some cycle between normal and depressed repeatedly(recurring). It's not unusual for there to be anxiety, too. Some also get psychosis, which is not common.

Ppl with manic depression (bipolar, same thing) experience depression again and again (recurring). It can include psychosis, but that's not common. It can include aggitation, which is a mixed state. This is when there is some mania, so it's like serious depression with too much negative energy. It can escalate to a very bad place. Then there is mania which can be mild (hypomania) or severe. This is having way too much energy, euphoria or anger, disinhibition, maybe hypersexuality, maybe disorganized thinking, racing thoughts, maybe psychosis. Most all ppl with bipolar have periods of normalcy in between swings.

With the right meds and therapy when it's needed, almost all ppl with manic depression can live normal lives.

I think that the manic depression you are referring to is the manic episode DURING Bipolar Depression. People with just depression (unipolar) don't have a manic episode. But with Bipolar Depression a person can have manic and depressed episodes.

Hope this helps!

Not pulling up the website info, etc, but basically depression you're just down in the dumps vs. manic depression where you go from depressed to manic (excessive excitement or enthusiasm) and back to depression, more like a roller coaster

depression is when you are, like on an "all time low" as in really upset and very unhappy, manic depression is where the person has gone psychotic, still with all the symptoms of normal depression, only the person may be feeling suicidal or going "mental", the person may then want to go to a psychologist, rehab, or a mental institute