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Please enlighten me about bipolar disorder? |
I was told that I am bipolar, and am currently taking meds. for it.,: However, a year ago a different physcologist said it was just severe depression?? OK, so it's a mood disorder and a serious mental illness. It has a strong genetic component, but appears to be triggered environmentally. There are no diagnostic tests for it, just psychiatric evaluation. Most sufferers are not diagnosed until middle age, and it takes an average of around 8-10 years to get a correct diagnosis. Historically, figures suggested it affects about 0.8% of the population at some point, which makes it about half as common as schizophrenia. In recent years, bipolar disorder has become an 'in' diagnosis, and many more people are being diagnosed at younger and younger ages. As with ADHD, this fad may well pass with time, although for the moment many celebrities appear to be 'popularising' it. It is characterised by episodes of severe clinical depression and mania or hypomania (for definitions of those, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/current_dia... ). The extreme end of mania often turns into psychosis, complete with hallucinations and delusions. During manic phases, the person's judgement and perception of reality is severely compromised, leading to risky actions with potentially damaging consequences (financially, sexually and relationship-wise). Untreated, episodes generally worsen over time due to an effect known as kindling. Untreated Bipolar sufferers are at a very high risk of suicide: 20-25% attempt it, and 15% succeed. The cycles in bipolar disorder are much longer than people generally believe. Anyone whose mood changes from minute to minute is very unlikely to be bipolar. Bipolar 1 is characterised by mood episodes lasting many months, while Bipolar 2 has episodes in the region of weeks to months. Rapid and ultra-rapid cycling bipolar disorder is rare, and cycles last days to weeks. There are many drugs available to treat the symptoms of bipolar (there is no cure). These are either anti-convulsants or anti-psychotics (personally I take both), and the most well known of these is Lithium. Most patients will go through a number of different drugs before finding one that works for them. Source(s): being bipolar Bi polar is only revealed over time so if you were in a depressive phase you would appear to suffer from depression. During a manic stage you would feel like superwoman and therefore be unlikely to seek help at that time. Also for bipolar you should be seeing some with an MD. The meds do help. Well if you are unsure of your diagnosis, get a second opinion! Bi-polar disorder is usually a chemical deficiency in the brain that causes people to have sever manic (happy)moods or severe depressed moods. Sometimes this can be coupled with inability to control impulses. Imagine or world on a globe ...you've got a North Pole and a South Pole...this is where the "bi polar" comes from....the moods are night and day in difference with not alot of the middle of the road feeling...you know feelings of content...not happy or sad (angry) just content. Go to the website Webmd and you can find much more info on Bi-polar Disorder...treatments and so on!!~ I wish you luck!! The guy I know who was told that he was bipolar was depressed due to family issues. Personally, I don't believe in "bipolar disorder", but I do believe that depression is a serious issue. I don't like the idea of taking medication which only alters you physically (inside), because it will not cure depression unless you take them forever. I recommend talking with people you trust and with a good psychologist. http://www.psycom.net/depression.central... http://depression.about.com/b/a/257616.h... http://www.seroquel.com/mini_c/isitreall... http://www.isitreallydepression.com/mini... Here are some links, please explore them they are very informative, http://bipolar.about.com/cs/bpbasics/a/0... http://www.psycom.net/depression.central... |
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