February 16, 2010
- Bipolar Manic Depressive Disorder Symptoms and Treatments
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[/caption]In the United States alone, 5.7 million adults are diagnosed with bipolar manic depressive disorder. Also, of the 3.4 million American children and adolescents diagnosed of depression are highly likely to experience bipolar depression or bipolar manic depressive disorder symptoms. The National Health Institute of Mental Health (NHIMH) also states that the condition can reduce up to 9.2 years life span caused by suicide or self-destructive behavior. Hence, bipolar depression or bipolar manic depressive disorder is one of the leading causes of human disability.
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July 29, 2009
- 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.Read more on What Happens when the Brain Has a Disorder “+”Bipolar?…
July 26, 2009
- The Reason to be Scared about Hypomania and Bipolar Mania Symptoms
What is hypomania? Different in nature from bipolar mania and bipolar depression symptoms, it has continuous abnormal level of joyful mood, which can for some people last 4 to one whole week. It is a gentler and milder level of mania symptoms, characterized by persistence abnormal happiness and behaviors which we will try and discuss through this article.
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July 1, 2009
- Bipolar Mania Symptom – Grandiosity- and Financial Turmoil
We all love to spend money and experience the joy of buying some good or a beautiful something like a car, a house or anything good for our selves or members of the family. It is normal that we enjoy the fruits of our labor once in a while by indulging in a few things, while living within our means. But, some people can have an obsession with spending and running into huge debts, which may look innocent and seem unimportant. On one side they like to spend, and on the other they are crying out for help with the huge debts they have accumulated. If you or members of the family are spending so much money and are worried about your spending be aware, because manic spending is a well-known side effect of uncontrolled bipolar disorder. For many, the formula “bipolar mania = money problems + headaches,” is quite real.
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June 16, 2009
- The Destructiveness of Bipolar Mania in Relationships
No one likes to be a bipolar victim but lots of people count themselves lucky being married to a person even though they are showing symptoms of the disease. Some of the most successful people in this world are bipolar. But also on the other side of the coin are people who are unlucky. They are either victims of bipolar mania or they themselves are the victims of abuse because of the disorder.
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June 10, 2009
- Bipolar Disease has no Respect for Age
Bipolar disease or bipolar disorder can affect anyone of any age and a person could suffer from the illness for many years and not be diagnosed until late in life. No one really knows what causes this disease. We can only presume that a variety of biochemical, genetic and environmental factors are all involved in triggering this disease.
April 26, 2009
- Overcoming Bipolar 2 with the Help of Bipolar Support Groups
Bipolar 2 sometimes written out as bipolar II is a mental illness that is closely related to bipolar 1. Both involve the ups and downs of hypomania and depression, though some do not reach full-on mania and the intensity of the elevated moods is much less than in bipolar 1. The majority of people with bipolar 2 are often able to lead completely normal lives, and some will only have but one hypomania episode throughout their entire lives.
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April 15, 2009
- Clearly Defining Bipolar Mania
Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition that many people have developed a greater familiarity with thanks to numerous public service campaigns. However, most people’s understanding of the condition is somewhat skewed. They may understand what the depressive episodes of bipolar disorder entail, but they may be completely confused as to what the bipolar mania phase entails. As such, a closer look at what bipolar mania is provided in order to add a little clarity to the equation.
April 2, 2009
- Adolescent Bipolar – A Serious Mood Disorder
Adolescents go through a lot. As their bodies are growing and changing, they find themselves confused, awkward, and experiencing hormonal and mood changes as quickly as they change their minds about their future careers. Unfortunately, as if this wasn't enough, some pre-teens and teenagers must also deal with adolescent bipolar disorder, its symptoms, and its treatments. When dealing with adolescent bipolar, it's important to be armed with knowledge about the disease in order to be a better support system and help adolescents with bipolar disease deal with their symptoms and get better.
March 11, 2009
- Bipolar Mania – Causes More Than Just Mood Swings
Bipolar Mania is part of Bipolar depression, which is known to be the worst kind of depression that patients can have.This depression involve severe changes in mood that happen rapidly. Bipolar Manic or Bipolar Mania are the terms that describe the highs of these mood swings. The lows of these mood swings are termed Bipolar depression.
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March 5, 2009
- Symptoms of Bipolar Mania
No one can really recognize symptoms of bipolar and bipolar mania at the first go. Many a times one tends to confuse them with other illnesses signs and symptoms. However, there are some classic symptoms of bipolar and bipolar disorder which can help you or your loved one to get help. Generally the main sign of this disorder is that the patient alternates between mania and depression. Called manic depression, this disorder has many other symptoms as well which are generally not recognized even by the close friends and family of the patients at once.
February 26, 2009
- Bipolar Mania – About Bipolar Affective Disorder
Bipolar mania is known by many names. Some people call it manic depression; some others call it bipolar affective disorder or simply bipolar disorders. Whatever you may call it; this mental illness is characterized by the patient experiencing mood swings or mood cycles. The patient alternates between mania, normal behavior and depression. There are three kinds of phases that the patient undergoes and normally these are distinguishable from each other:
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February 19, 2009
- Bipolar 2- Learn More
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[/caption]Bipolar 2 disorder patients will have sudden mood swings including hypomanic and depressive episodes. Unlike bipolar type one, bipolar 2 does not include hallucinations or other psychotic symptoms. Hypomania is a milder form of manic episode than are the manic episodes seen in type one bipolar patients. Bipolar 2 patients have more severe depressive episodes than type one bipolar patients, with suicidal thoughts and even suicide attempts being far more common in these patients. This makes the Type 2 Bipolar Symptoms really dangerous.
February 15, 2009
- The Reality of Bipolar Disease
Bipolar disease is a serious mental disorder which affects millions all over the globe. People who do not have bipolar disease themselves may find it difficult to understand how tough it is for sufferers to cope with the disease. If you suffer from bipolar disease or know someone who does, there are a number of things which are required knowledge when it comes to this common mental illness.
February 11, 2009
- Bipolar Mania – The Otherside of Bipolar
Bipolar affective disorder is a mental illness that is characterized by cyclical swings in a patient's mood. Typically, patients experience cycles of mood changes that range from depression, to normal behavior, to mania. Patients often experience bouts of depression that include feelings of deep sadness, hopelessness, and low self worth, as well as fatigue, sub-optimal energy levels, and an excessive need for sleep. Bipolar Manic cycles are characterized by extreme happiness, insomnia, an increase in energy, scattered thinking and distraction. Paradoxically, mixed episodes are possible, in which the patient displays symptoms of both bipolar mania and depression at the same time.
January 27, 2009
- Bipolar 2: What Is It and How Can It Be Treated?
Bipolar 2 is a psychiatric disorder just as the more well-known bipolar 1 is, but it differs significantly from bipolar 1. Bipolar 2 has as one of its characteristics the disorder of hypomania, which can be less overt in its symptoms than full-blown mania. Symptoms of hypomania include the following:Read more on Bipolar 2: What Is It and How Can It Be Treated?…
January 20, 2009
- Bipolar Mania – Type One Bipolar
Bipolar mania, perhaps better known by the name manic depression is a serious mental disorder which may be due to a number of different factors. There is no consensus on exactly what causes bipolar manic depression, but emotional, neurological and genetic factors are all believed to play a role. Bipolar mania manifests as mood changes which range from manic to extreme depression.
January 13, 2009
- Bipolar Disease Types – Bipolar Mania
All bipolar disorders vary somewhat from each other. Bipolar disorders are even categorized differently to assist doctors in diagnosing one from the other. This helps the doctors be able to discuss more clearly the specific problems that the patient happens to be having. A basically benign and seldom missed member of the bipolar disorders is called hypomania. It is missed for an obvious reason; it does not show the same bipolar mania type behavior. The person who has it seldom knows they have it. It can even make the person to be more successful because it causes him to be quicker thinking, more outgoing, and very optimistic. Unlike other bipolar disease types or bipolar mania, hypomania treatment is seldom necessary or asked for. - Bipolar Disease – What Are the Causes of Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a difficult illness to manage and to treat. Many who have it may ask themselves, "Why me? What caused all this?" There are great disagreements as to the causes of the bipolar disease or disorder. They all tend to go back to the old nature/nurture controversy. In other words, does a thing happen to a person because of who he or she is, or because of the environment he or she grew up in?Read more on Bipolar Disease – What Are the Causes of Bipolar Disorder?…
- What is bipolar disorder?
In the olden days, people who were affected with bipolar disorder were often termed moody or simply insane. Later, it was described as manic depression. This term is still in use, though it has been largely replaced by bipolar disorder.
