Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a mental illness that manifests itself as mood swings or mood cycling between depressed, manic, or normal moods. There are two types of bipolar disorder. The first type, sometimes called raging bipolar, manifests itself as almost constant mild mania, with periods of sever mania alternating with depression. Mixed episodes where the patient displays both manic and depressive symptoms at the same time can also occur with this type of bipolar disorder.

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Bipolar disorder, known by many as manic depression, is a mental illness caused by a combination of factors, including neurological, biological, emotional, and environmental factors. It is most commonly described as mood cycling or mood swings, in which the patient cycles through moods of depression, mania, and normal behavior.

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In order to become successful in life, it is quite essential to be healthy and wise. While any sort of physical restrictions of the body can be fought with and dealt with, the central processing unit of our body that is our brain needs to be absolutely perfect in order to live a happy & successful life. For all our errands what we primarily need is a sharp brain so as to understand our environment and act promptly & make well evaluated decisions.

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Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a mental illness which causes mood swings and mood cycling. Mood cycling refers to the transition between mania and depression. Mania, or manic episodes, typically consist of feelings of elation and invincibility, and cause disorientation, lack of sleep, and obsessive behaviors. Depression typically consists of feelings of overwhelming sadness and low self worth.

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In psychiatry Bipolar Syndrome and Manic Depression falls under a group of mood disorders where a person experiences emotional states where they go from being clinically depressed to states where their moods are elevated, or the opposite cycle, and can be or include both these mood states. This can be a crippling condition if it is left untreated or ignored, and has been known to cause suicide.

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Some  well known medications for bipolar disorder include the following:
1. Lithium
2. Valproate or Depakote
3. Carbamazepine or Tegretol
4. Olanzapine or Zyprexa
5. Ziprasidone or Geodon

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As the numbers of people being diagnosed with bipolar disorder grows there are more and more people starting to worry that they or someone who is well known to them has the illness. However the problems start when these people do not actually know what bipolar disorder symptoms are and start to self diagnose. If you want to know which are the bipolar disorder symptoms that you should not ignore take a look at the list below:

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Bipolar disorder goes by many names: manic depression, manic-depressive disorder, manic-depressive illness, bipolar mood disorder, and bipolar affective disorder are medical terms for the same condition.
Bipolar disorder affects both men and women. For many people, the first symptoms show up in their early twenties. However, research has shown that the first episode of bipolar disorder is occurring earlier: It often shows up in adolescence, and even children can have the disorder.

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Being bipolar and living with the illness means that you should have a bipolar disorder treatment plan in place. This usually begins to be formed from the time that a diagnosis of bipolar disorder is made. Often the bipolar disorder treatment is split into two types – one for treating manic episodes and one for treating depressive episodes.

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Has someone told you that you have bipolar disorder or manic-depression? Have you been wondering what having bipolar disorder really means? This article will help you make sense out of what you or a loved one is experiencing.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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Being manic depressive is definitely not something that should be taken lightly.  Neither is it as simple as having temporary mood swings.  Being manic depressive is a psychiatric condition called bipolar disorder.  There are various levels of being manic depressive with varying intensities of bipolar disorder symptoms.  These symptoms would generally be characterized as alternating patterns of emotional highs and lows – the mania and the depression.  Anyone suffering from these kinds of symptoms should seek psychiatric help.  Information on bipolar disorder is widely available.

It is not advisable to try to treat bipolar disorder without the help of a medical professional.  Neither should it be ignored.  This kind of a disorder has the tendency to worsen if left untreated over time.  Among the symptoms that should alert you of bipolar disorder in the manic phase would include extreme optimism, agitation, aggressive behavior, increased sexual drive, and inability to concentrate.

These sypmtoms alternate with depression symptoms such as sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, loss of interest in anything, and chronic psychosomatic pain.  More information on bipolar disorder, its symptoms, causes, and treatment are available in the internet.  It is important for anyone who might have these symptoms or know anyone who has these symptoms to be informed about what the disorder is and what effects it could have.

There are ways to control manic depressive behavior.  Joining a support group will help anyone suffering from bipolar disorder understand his situation and interact with those who are suffering the same condition.  This can also help the bipolar disorder patient stay focused on his recovery plan and get back to normal life faster.

Patience is a necessary component to recovering from bipolar disorder, as is familial support.  Taking up a hobby or getting into other activities where energies can be channeled effectively is also a good way to control bipolar disorder.  There are medications that may be prescribed by a medical professional to help treat bipolar disorders.  If this is the case, it is always advisable to take the medication as directed.

Bipolar disorder itself is not any easy illness to deal with, but bipolar disorder, anxiety and panic attacks or other mental problems combined can be disasterous.  Sometimes it takes years to get an accurate bipolar disorder diagnosis, and when bipolar is coupled with other brain problems, it’s doubly hard to get treatment.

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There is much danger that lurks in unexplained extreme mood swings.  Going from episodes of mania or extreme energy and optimism to episodes of depression in increasing frequencies should be a cause for alarm.  This kind of behavior is called a bipolar disorder.  Those who exhibit bipolar disorder symptoms are advised to consult with a medical professional or a psychiatrist at the soonest possible time.  Most of these people, however, are more likely to brush aside these symptoms until it blows out of proportion and affects everyone around them.

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It is not easy to live with someone who is suffering from a bipolar disorder.  The mood swings that afflict those suffering from bipolar disorder could be distracting and destructing.  It could interrupt the normal course of living and destroy relationships.  Self-destruction is one of the end-results of bipolar disorder.  Alcoholism and drug abuse are also some of the activities that people with bipolar disorder turn to.

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What is manic depression?  Is it the same thing as bipolar disorder or is it a completely different animal? Actually, manic depression is simply an older term for bipolar disorder.  The term bipolar disorder has become more socailly acceptable over the past 20 years or so, so that is what you will hear most people say when referring to this illness.

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Those with bipolar disorder frequently search for places to find help, either online or in the real world.  Bipolar help might be closer than you think.  There are many online groups and websites where you can connect with others who have bipolar disorder and professionals who are there to help.

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Many people write to me and ask if I can help them figure out if they have bipolar disorder.  I alway recommend that they see a qualifed doctor, but folks still want a bipolar disorder questionnaire.  So, for those people, I STILL recommend that you see a doctor, but here is a littel questionnarie for you to look at in the meantime.

1. Do you sometimes realize that you are talking very fast and that your mind is racing?

2. Do friends and family often tell you that you are exhausting to be around?

3. Do you go through periods where I get lots and lots of work done, followed by periods where I don’t want to do anything at all?

4. Do you frequently feel as though your mind is racing and you are very irritable?

5. Do you often experience days of extreme sadness or depression?

6. Do your mood swings affect your quality of life?

7. Are you highly interested in sex during some periods, causing you to do things that you would not normally do?

8. Do you have extreme variations in the quality of work that you put out?

9. Do you sometimes, for no reason, feel very hostile or angry?

10. Do you have periods when you feel as if you are in a mental fog and other periods when you feel extremely creative?

If you answered yes to at least 6 of these questions, you might have bipolar disorder.  This is in no way a diagnosis.  You should still see a qualified physician - the sooner the better. 

If you have friends or family that you suspect have bipolar disorder, send them this bipolar disorder questionnaire to answer and you might be able to open their eyes. 

Everyone gets sad every now and then, but sometimes the sadness turns into a blackness that cannot be ignored. When the sadness is uncontrollable and is taking over your life, you might be experiencing symptoms of bipolar depression. » Continue reading “Symptoms of Bipolar Depression”

Everyone has seen the horror stories.  A lady with bipolar disorder murders her whole family.  A guy with severe mood swings kills himself.  It goes on and on.  You become worried that because you threw your shoes against the wall when you were angry that you might be bipolar and you have the capacity to commit atrocities.  But, what really are the bipolar signs?

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There are people all around the world who are suffering from bipolar disorder and are wondering about the bipolar disorder causes.  Why me? What caused this? The exact cause of bipolar disorder has still not been discovered, but most doctors believe that there are multiple causes which act together to cause the disorder.

Most doctors agree that bipolar disorder results from a chemical imbalance within the brain.  This balance should be controlled by neurotransmitters. When the neurotransmitters are not working correctly, an imbalance of norepinephrine may occur, causing the onset of bipolar disorder.  When these levels skyrocket, bipolar mania occurs. When they drop down, patients experience depression.

Bipolar disorder is known to be genetic. If one
family member has bipolar disorder, there is a very good chance that other family members will develop it. The identical twin of a person with bipolar disorder is at the
highest risk for developing the condition. In most cases, stress, drug use, an illness or some other outside event triggers the disorder, which has been latent in the patient.  The disease does not occur just because of one gene, and the cause of the disease is likely a combination of multiple genetic and environmental factors.

Everyone has mood swings, but not everyone has bipolar disorder.  Regular mood swings have many causes, including the following:

• Head trauma (blood clot or
  bleeding in the brain)

• Thyroid problem (both underactive and overactive)
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
  (a condition that may affect various body organs, including the brain)

• Brain tumor
• Epilepsy (seizures)
• Neurosyphilis (a form of the sexually transmitted disease, syphilis, that has
  gone to the brain because it went untreated too long)

• AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, the ultimate result of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV)
• Sodium imbalance
  (sodium, one of several elements found in body cells that is necessary for
  their proper function)

• Diabetes mellitus (a
  disorder of, among other things, sugar processing in the body)

• Certain medications that decrease the amount of serotonin or norepinephrine, such as some antihypertensive drugs and some preparations of steroids and birth control pills.

These causes should be treated on their own, not treated with medication for bipolar disorder causes.  It is important to find a doctor who is experienced enough to tell the difference.

There are a lot of folks out there who are searching for information on Bipolar ADHD.  In fact, the two are quite related! There are many similarities including impulsiveness, hyperactivity, frequent changes in mood and behavior and learning problems. Other similarities include restless sleep and family histories that include both disorders.  Many times doctors and patients have a hard time telling bipolar disorder and ADHD apart.

There are several differences between Bipolar and ADHD that you can look for.

1. Destructiveness - Children with ADHD tend to break things because they are careless or moving to fast to be careful with their things.  Bipolar children often break things out of anger.
2. Anger - Anger in people with ADHD tends to last 20 minutes or less and then they will move on to another emotion, or simply get over it. Those with bipolar have trouble overcoming anger and will tend to be angry for 30 minutes up to 2 hours.
3. Sleep Patterns - Those with ADHD often have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep.  Those with Bipolar Disorder often tend to wake up due to nightmares and often have a fear of falling asleep.
4. Treatment - Lithium will often help those with Bipolar Disorder but usually has no effect on those with ADHD.

Though there are many differences in Bipolar and ADHD, these two disorders can occur simultaneously in an unfortunate few.  This is often very difficult to diagnose.  ADHD gets diagnosed much more freqently than bipolar disorder and there are many physicians who think that those with bipolar often get misdiagnosed with ADHD.  This is why it is very important to find a doctor who will listen closely to what you are saying and do a thorough evaluation.

When you have bipolar disorder, it’s essential that you have the opportunity to communicate with others who suffer from the same disorder.  There are many online bipolar chat rooms that you can visit and talk to other people who are going through the same things that you are.  When you need some comfort and understanding, you might want to visit one of these bipolar chat rooms.

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