Melancholic major depression and epilepsy

2016

OJMP

Section: Hypothesis Of Hyperiamentioning

confidence: 71%

The Hypothesis of <i>Hyperia</i> from the Perspective of Neuronal Plasticity

2016

OJMP

“…The same occurs with the sudden fits of melancholic inhibition [48] or the opposite, of ecstatic exaltation [49]. These episodes, which correspond exactly to the psychopathological description of mania and melancholy, are experienced by the subject as something alien to their mind.…”

Section: Definition and Description Of The Hyperic Cognitive Functionmentioning

confidence: 71%

Hypersynchronic Mental Automatisms: An Innovative Psychiatric Hypothesis Reaffirming Its Validity for Fifteen Years

2015

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This paper deals with certain psychic automatisms that are usually diagnosed as psychiatric symptoms or as simple partial seizures. These mental automatisms are described in many writings by mystics, philosophers, literates, composers, and many different great artists and creators from human history, but they have never conferred any pathological value on these experiences. We have carried out previous scientific researches in which we found abundant arguments suggesting that these automatisms are due to neuronal nets physiologically adapted to fire in a hypersynchronous way. With these pieces of information we propose an audacious hypothesis: these automatic experiences are manifestations of a cognitive cerebral function that, until now, has been insufficiently delimited. We propose the term hyperia to denominate this cognitive function, which we consider responsible for clairvoyant and/or telepathic cognitions. Finally, we discuss the relevant consequences of this hypothesis, particularly in the fields of epilepsy, psychiatry, and neuropsychopharmacology.

“…3) Panic attacks: there are numerous researches suggesting an interweaving of panic and epilepsy and, although there is still no consensus about the epileptic nature of panic attacks, there is a growing body of evidence pointing to this direction [19] [20]. 4) Sudden and brief crises of severe psychomotor inhibition and depression, with different authors postulating that this kind of depressions share common pathogenic mechanisms with epilepsy [21]- [23]. 5) Exaltation or manic crises, often in the form of ecstasy with feelings of well-being close to bliss [24] [25].…”

Section: Most Frequent Psychic Experiences That Appear In Spss and Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychic Neuronal Hypersynchronies: A New Psychiatric Paradigm?

2014

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This paper deals with certain psychic automatisms that appear suddenly in the consciousness of the subject in a passive or automatic way and that usually are diagnosed as psychiatric symptoms or manifestations of an epileptic partial seizure. These mental automatisms are described in many writings by mystics, philosophers, literates, composers, and many different great artists and creators from human history, but they did not confer any pathological value on these experiences. The analysis of the epileptogenic activity gives us arguments to propose that these automatic experiences are due to neuronal circuits physiologically adapted to fire in a hypersynchronous way. With these data we enunciate an innovative hypothesis: these psychic experiences are manifestations of an adaptive neuronal network for which we propose the term psychic hypersynchrony. Finally, we discuss the consequences of this hypothesis, especially in the epileptic, psychiatric, and neuropsychopharmacologic fields.