THE CLINICAL NOTION OF RESTLESSNESS AS A LINCHPIN FOR A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIPOLAR SPECTRUM

Restlessness is the essence of the thymic disease of those who present a "mixed picture" in the bipolar spectrum of any form. Depressive suffering, always significant for the patient, never presents itself alone, but is always accompanied by a constant state of internal anxiety, restlessness with internal and muscular tension, depressive-irritable or depressive-apathetic-confused state, a sense of existential anguish that sometimes gives no hint of future prospects, and very frequent somatic symptoms associated with mood malaise. All this is summarized in the concept of "Restlessness".