Studies have shown that 25 to 50 percent of people with bipolar disorder (manic depression) attempt suicide. This means that bipolar disorder often ends in an early death. Thus, early diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder should be considered an urgent matter.
Those with bipolar disorder are fortunate to be able to choose between many drugs and treatments. One of the very first and still popular treatments for bipolar disorder is Lithium. It reduces suicide risk, helps prevent mania and is usually prescribed for long periods of time.
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Mixed bipolar disorder is a form of bipolar disorder. In regular bipolar disorder, moods alternate between elevated and depressed over time. A person with mixed bipolar disorder experiences both mood “poles” — mania and depression– at the same time or in rapid sequence.
If you have bipolar disorder and you would like to find out if you qualify for bipolar disorder disability, here is a little advice. Be sure that you get a good social security specialist. Ask others who have worked with social security and find out who you should and should not work with.
If you have bipolar disorder, books about others with the same problems will often make you feel as though you are not alone. There are a lot of books on the market both about bipolar disorder or by people with bipolar disorder that can help you through the tough times. Here are a few of those bipolar disorder books:
Childhood bipolar disorder is often different than bipolar disorder in adults. Bipolar disorder involves severe changes in mood and energy. States of extreme elation or irritability coupled with high energy are called mania. Persistent states of extreme sadness or irritability accompanied by low energy are called depression.
One of the hardest things to deal with when you have bipolar mania is the panic attack. If you’ve ever been to the ER because you think you’re having a heart attack, only to find out later that it was anxiety, you know exactly what I mean.
If you suspect you might be suffering from bipolar disorder, test yourself with these questions.
