躁そう転てん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

manic switch; becoming manic

Clinical term used in psychiatry for a shift into a manic episode, often in bipolar disorder. The gloss 'cycle' is a loose equivalent and not a separate sense.

• 抗こううつ薬やくの使し用よう中ちゅうに躁そう転てんすることがある。

  A manic switch can occur during antidepressant use.

• 患かん者じゃが躁そう転てんしたため、治ち療りょう方ほう針しんを見み直なおした。

  Because the patient became manic, the treatment plan was revised.