Nowadays there are different types of mental disorders that we can experience due to heredity or some shocking and stressful events. Bipolar disorder is a condition where an individual change in moods in extreme ups and downs. He can be one day totally depressed and the next completely ecstatic and happy.
However, bipolar disorder is a very serious condition that if not treat it correctly can last for a long time with severe effects. There is no cure available for this condition but it can be treat it and control it. There are 2 types of moods that the individual with bipolar disorder experience: depression and mania.
When he has depression he has an intense feeling of sadness and self doubt, he dont want to do any activities and want to stay alone, the individual may also have thoughts of death and suicide. On the other hand other day he can change its mood to mania, where he will be totally ecstatic, happy, full of energy and with many great ideas to do, take high risk activities, etc.
The problem is not just the change in moods but the damage that he can do to himself. One thing that usually they get is hallucinations, the see things that dont exist, they hear voices, they have fears that dont exist, they get so depressed that they might think is suicide.
And when a person has mania can also have hallucinations and delusions, but here despite he can be very happy and full of energy, he may do risky activities that can but his life in danger, activities that he will not normally do.
There are different treatments that can help control the problem. If the person is diagnose with bipolar disorder he will be referred to a psychiatrist so he can determine the bipolar disorder and how severe it is. The psychiatrist will ask the patient several questions to diagnose properly.
The problem sometimes is that a parent might not know that the person has bipolar disorder. They may see depression as just the consequence of a problem that he had and might not understand the episodes of mania. There can be different causes for this condition, but the most important thing is that he needs the support of its family members.
Quick Tip #1
A Bipolar disorder is composed of 2 conditions depression and mania |
Quick Tip #2
If a person has sudden drastic changes in moode from depression to mania, he could have a bipolar disorder |
Quick Tip #3
There are some available treatments and drugs for bipolar disorder, however most of the times this is a condition that you learn to control |
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