What Happens when the Brain Has a Disorder “+”Bipolar?
Part of our human nature is our feelings and emotions, if not; we would not be interesting because we would not know how it feels to be sad, unhappy, loneliness, joyful and contented. There are usually some obvious reason we feel grief and disappointed after a painful life event or joyful when we succeed in something. When our brains are working normally, we can recover from these traumatic events very fast depending on the severity of the trauma – probably within one week. But, with this brain disorder “+ “bipolar of mania and depression, the depth and the length of time these feelings are experienced seem to be out of reason, out of balance and hard to understand. To top all off, nobody really knows why these disorders are happening and what is the cause.
Disorder in the Brain
In a number of studies recently, it has been found that several areas of the brain were found to be abnormal especially in the intra-cellular function of the brain function, these includes cell receptors and neurotransmitter functions. Because neurotransmitters are linked to mood disorders, it is also seen as an important player in the development and treatment of these disorders “+”bipolar.
Disorder in Thoughts
Because of the malfunctioning or the disorder in the brain system “racing thoughts or thinking fast” will occur. These are thoughts that does not seem to go away or some would say, “it won't be quiet.”Typical of these disorder “+”bipolar thoughts, they are in the victim’s consciousness and seem to be in the background as it were and mixed with other thoughts. If that is not bad enough these ideas in the mind taking over a patients whole being it is running around in the victim’s head like a wild horse out of control.
Disorder in the Feelings and Moods
Very often victims with this brain disorder “+” bipolar manic-depression have mood experiences that tend to shift from high (mania) to low(depression) and back again(hypomania) in varying stages and severity. People with these brain disorder “+”bipolar have feelings, but it is just too many of it all at once. These people can become so obsessed with wanting to do everything. With this disorder, happy is happy, sad is sad there are no in between and these immense – feelings can be overpowering.
Disorder in Relationships
Without proper medications, victims of this disorder “+”bipolar can cause a lot of unnecessary frustration in a relationship. The very shifting of moods can be quite difficult for others who are not bipolar because they would not know where they stand. When depressed they would not like to talk and at the manic stage they have been known to be promiscuous and so talkative you cannot get in. You would think that when at their hippomanic stage at least you can have a good conversation, but most people feel exhausted after being with a person who is hippomanic.
Bipolar – What is?
When you add disorder”+”bipolar together you come up with a Shifting of Moods, thoughts, feelings and behavior problems. Unlike other mental disorders, like eating, development, personality, ambulatory and other disorders, bipolar is a shifting disorder and that is the reason we call it “bipolar”. The word Bipolar describes two opposite and extreme thought patterns, feelings and behaviors, which can switch within hours or weeks of each other.
Disorder “+”Bipolar Medications
It is important to work with your doctor to get the right dose of medication. While you must be patient, do not be contented for any medicine especially those that makes you feel miserable. Always consult your doctor of any side effects of the prescribed drugs you are taking. Doctors can only make the right diagnosis from what you tell them, to adjust or to switch your medications. If worse comes to worse, “DO NOT STOP” your medication because it can be very dangerous. Always work with your psychiatrist or health professional in your area.
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Bipolar disorder can have adverse affect on a person's everyday life. According to recent studies, many Americans are suffering form this mental disease due to negligence and lack of proper education on this particular disease. Getting the right treatment at the right time can definitely help a person to overcome bipolar disorder.
I'm pretty certain my sister is bipolar as I have checked out the symptoms, and she has just about every one of them. I'm sad because we can't seem to have a relationship. Whenever we talk, she attacks me verbally out of left field. She doesn't have any close friends and isolates herself. She is 62 and I am a year younger. This type of behavior has gone on for years with the exception of a time when we both lived with one of my daughters while our respective homes were being worked on. She seemed to control her behavior more during that time, and it was at that time that two of my daughters pointed out that she was bipolar. I never thought about it before that time and just figured she resented me. After we moved out and she got back into her own home, she went back to her old behavior of anger and isolation. After many exhausting years of this behavior, I've decided to stay away. I'm always there for her if she needs me, but I've decided I won't put myself in a position of letting her verbally attack me.
I'm wondering if anyone, professional or otherwise, has suggested to her that she is bipolar. Would it be wise for me to approach her about her being bipolar? I would appreciate your feedback.
Thank you.
J'ai 53 ans et suis bipolaire depuis l'enfance, mais diagnostiquée depuis 15 ans environ. J'ai une soeur et il est vrai que parfois e ne sais pourquoi surtout quand je suis en phase dépressive je m'en prend à elle, sans savoir pourquoi je pourrai lui dire les choses autrement mais je n'y arrive pas, mais pas seulement avec elle. Ma vie sentimentale a été très compliquée, à cause de ce poison. Mon ami actuel commence à mieux me gérer . Votre soeur vous aime j'en suis sûre mais son poison l'a rend désagréable. Courage
@Diane Oberlin:
I'm not a doctor but I have suffered from this disorder myself every since I was a little girl. It took me a long time to be able to diagnose myself but now that I have, it has helped me to understand more about myself and why I am the way I am. For one, I also love to isolate myself, main reason is because when I am extremely hyper and talkative (hypo manic) many people can't even understand me because I talk to rapidly or my thoughts change very rapidly. One minute I can be talking about something and the next minute I can chagne the entire subject matter. I have to say that the easiest time to deal with me is when I am hypo manic with positive feelings. I might be happy about something and tend to talk about it and drive everybody crazy. But no negative behavior. Yet even this can cause trouble. If I am in a good mood and somebody kills my good mood I tend to explode with anger. I can cause a big scene when I am having a manic episode. Sometimes it gets so bad that I don't even realize what I am saying. After about an hour I would calm down. It's after this that I hit rock bottom and go into a full blown depression. The depression could last for days or months, depends on how bad it is. I always felt that I was a difficult person to deal with and consciouslly chose to isolate myself because it's more piecefull. I am sure your sister knows that her behavior might bother you that is why she chooses to isolate herself (im guessing). Guilt might be another reason. I have done a lot of research on bipolar disorder. One, doctors can't help. The only way doctors can help is by drugging you up with heavy medications. I recommend that you do the research and try to help her yourself. Don't let her isolate herself too much because if she is in depression, the isolation might make it worse. Another this is that you have to take a look at your sisters history as a child. Buipolar disorder can be both genetic and environment. Let's say a child has a gene for bipolar disorder and that child grows up always crying and miserable or in fear that child's chances of developing this disorder might would be higher than, let's say, a child who does not grow up in this state. A child's brain reacts to its environmental stimuli and if that stimuli creates fear than that child's brain will produce cortisol. And the more a child is exposed to that stimuli then the child's brain will start producing cortisol frequently. As the body and brain evolve so does the brain's ability to cope with experiences. If you constantly put somebody in fear throughout their lives then their brain might develop that habit of producing a lot of cortisol. As the mind ages it's ability to deal with emotions becomes more difficult. So I would say to take a loot into your sisters history. Another advice I want to suggest is that don't give up on her because most of the time it is out of her control. I suggest meditation. If she likes to isolate herself than suggest that she meditate. Surprisingly, it helps. Good luck!
I'm a 21 year old girl who was diagnosed 7 months ago.
Since then I take medication and my life has changed.
I feel for the first time in my life I am truly myself.
I can feel an emotion without hurting a loved one and myself.
Living with this illness is very exhausting if you don't seek the proper help.
I still isolate myself because i'm afraid to hurt people, to hurt the people who mean most to me in the world. As a child I felt not wanted, afraid and mainly hurt. I would hate to be responsible for someone to feel like that. So knowing I hurt people by being myself I isolate myself and I too treat my younger sister horrible. I don't know why. She's my everything and it's because of her I am now on medication. She believed I was a better person then what my behavior showed me to be. And I am, I just needed some help.