Accurate diagnosis is the first step to successfully treating bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, getting that diagnosis is not always easy. The symptoms of the disease are shared with a number of other conditions, so that it is easily confused with, for instance, schizophrenia or ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). It is not something that [...]
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Bipolar Information
Bipolar condition, particularly in its manic phase, can make people disinclined to seek treatment. They feel invulnerable, superior, invincible – why would someone like that want to see a doctor? Alternatively, in the depressive phase, they might feel that no one will ever be able to help them – so why bother [...]
Bipolar Disorder Causes
People affected by bipolar disorder often ask ‘Why me?’ Some of them, particularly if they do not receive support from their families in managing their condition, wonder if it is in some way their fault. Even worse they may have been told by misguided family members that they could be perfectly ‘normal’ if [...]
Lithium Bipolar
Bipolar disorder is often treated with lithium carbonate. In fact this has been the standard treatment for the disorder for more than fifty years. Lithium helps to reduce mood swings, and in particular has a noticeable effect on the more extreme symptoms. Lithium works by minimizing the ‘manic’ part of the [...]
Mania Depression
We all know what a ‘maniac’ is. We all know what ‘depression’ is, too. But overuse of these words masks the fact that for sufferers of bipolar disorder, they have a rather different meaning.
At its simplest, bipolar disorder involves mood swings that take a person from mania – hyperactivity, delusions of grandeur, [...]
Bipolar Disorder Manic
Bipolar disorder is a condition which results in extreme mood swings, from manic to depressive – it’s sometimes been called ‘manic depression’. While the depressive phase of the disorder can have serious effects, the manic phase can be even more difficult to cope with.
During the manic phase of bipolar disorder, a person may have [...]
Bipolar Disorder
There are many forms of depression, and reasons why people become or are depressed. Some times a person has a great sadness in their life and are unable to cope afterwards. Others can be from a disorder of some kind. One form of depression is just that, and its called bipolar disorder. [...]
Bipolar Test
Depression is a serious illness, and millions suffer from some kind of depression. Some forms of depression are mild, and others are very serious. Bipolar disorder is a form of depression and is a serious one, maybe the most serious.. It often goes undetected for many years, can lead to the [...]
Bipolar I Disorder Vs Bipolar II Disorder . The Difference
If you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder it will no doubt be a troubling time. You will want to know exactly what this entails, but trying to remember or think of what to ask when you are first face with that diagnosis can be a difficult process.
One thing which is very important to [...]
Bipolar II Disorder . Four Signs You May Be Bipolar
Bipolar disorder is the modern term for what used to be called manic depression. But regardless of the name it now has, if you are suffering from it . or perhaps someone you know has the condition . it can be difficult to come to terms with it. This is particularly true in [...]