What is Bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a special kind of mental sickness that triggers frequent mood swing. The mood swing is accompanied by depression and mania. This is the common bipolar behavior.
Mania is an extreme mood elevation. This is also popular as manic depression or bipolar disorder. In such a mental disease, managing the regular schedule, school, job, and relationship becomes difficult. These symptoms are uncurable.
But, if we taking the proper care then the bipolar disorder can manage in a good manner. Accurate treatment gives relief to the victim. It gives a normal and organized life to the patient.
Facts about the bipolar disorder –
According to the studies and relevant research, this mental disorder is not rare. Almost five million American adults are suffering from such symptoms. If we measure this in percentage, that shows 2.8 and that is not less in counting.
Sometimes the symptom of depression and bipolar disorder match with each other. The fact is that
The symptom of bipolar disorder is more serious and more intense than the symptom of depression. 20% or more young adult are complaining to doctor for depression where the actual fact is that they are suffering from bipolar disorder.
Be careful, and understand the causes of depression and bipolar disorder through both have some similar symptoms. To understand the difference we have to understand the symptom of the bipolar disorder and symptom of the depression carefully.
Young adolescent of the age of 25 years is most vulnerable. In most of the research, it is showing that these symptoms trigger at the age of 25 years.
Generally, these symptoms linger for almost 2 weeks. The high episode of maniac disorder could stay for a few weeks or months. Mood swings are common for few patients and other patients might experience such mood swings on a rare basis.
The symptoms and sign of bipolar disorder –
The most common and major 3 symptoms signs of being bipolar are experienced through bipolar disorder. They are stated below,
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Depression
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Mania or manic behavior
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Hypomania symptoms
During the phase of mania, people are feeling emotionally high. They feel excited, irritated, severely energetic, euphoric and impulsive. The patients often try to involve in the following usual activities,
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Drug
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Spending speers
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Unprotect sex
Hypomania symptoms is commonly visible in the bipolar ll syndromes. The symptoms are similar to mania but the intensity of such symptoms is lower than the mania phase.
It doesn’t affect the regular schedule of a person. job, school activity, performances, and relationships. But the patients are facing a few common symptoms and they are given below,
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Suicidal thoughts
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Hopelessness
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Severe sadness
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Low rate of interest in the activities
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Low energy level
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Hypersomnia or insomnia
The symptoms are different for different people, that is why it becomes difficult to diagnose.
The warning signs of Bipolar in women –
The common symptoms of bipolar disorder in women are –
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Mania but not intensive.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Rapid cycling ( more than 4 episodes of mania on a yearly basis)
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] The age of 20 or 30 years is more vulnerable.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Risk of alcohol disorder.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Obesity, thyroids, migraine, and bipolar anxiety.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] The identified causes of this disorder in women are a menstrual cycle, menopause, and pregnancy relared depression .
The warning signs of Bipolar in men –
Common symptoms of bipolar disorder in men are –
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Severe episodes of manic disorder.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Act out in the phase of manic disorder.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Triggers and recognizes at the early stages of life.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] Abusive issues.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-arrow-right” color=”#e82019″ type=”fa”] They have a chronic suicidal tendency. They often have suicidal death.
Conclusion –
There could be different causes of bipolar disorder. The disorder could be triggered by genetic factors and environmental factors.
This disorder could be carried from generation to generation. Different traumatic experiences, external stress, and physical illness are the major external factors responsible for bipolar disorder.
The common cause of this disorder heredity. This disorder cannot be cured but can be controlled by proper treatment and care.
The person with bipolar disorder is always trying to live alone and they avoid social gathering. Social rhythm therapy works better here.
They often become very much angry and frequent mood disorder without any specific reason. Mood stabilizers for anger management and meditation are very much helpful to control anger management and mood disorder.
There are several online groups and forums are working for the bipolar self-help to help the bipolar.
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