Bipolar Explained
Bipolar Explained – Understanding Bipolar Most individuals that suffer from bipolar have one simple goal.
That goal is to live a life that is as normal as can be. To get through today without having any emotional problems, to make it through the big meeting at work without having people wonder what is wrong with you and to simply be able to enjoy your daughter’s graduation are all additional goals that you may have.
Before you can fully learn to cope with bipolar, you need to fully understand your condition. You need to know what things happen, as best that you can, so that you can then trigger your coping mechanisms to work for you.
There is no 100 percent sure way of stopping these things from happening to you. But there are countless things you can learn to do to help you to improve your outlook.
To get to that point, we will start by giving you all of the information you need about your condition so that you can better understand what is happening to you.
If you are a family member who just wants to help someone that has bipolar, then by all means, you too can learn all that you need to in order to deliver the help that you can give to them.
Bipolar: The Medical Side
Bipolar is a condition in which there are extremes in moods and life experiences. There is no doubt that bipolar is a health condition that is serious and disabling to those that have it. It is a mental illness and it does require necessary treatment.
You may have heard bipolar called Manic Depression or that a person suffering from it has a manic-depressive condition. But what scientists have come to learn is that manic style behavior is only one extreme of this condition.
The other part of it is that of depression. Both of these conditions are vitally serious to your well-being and even to your life span and must be treated.
While doctors do not have a cause for bipolar, they are working on finding one. Along with that, you can be sure that there are many scientists looking for a way to cure the condition. Yet, until that happens, we need to examine what we do know about bipolar and what it does to the person that you are.
For most people bipolar starts when they are just in their teens. Some believe that it is triggered by puberty. Others will not develop this condition until they are in their early adult years. Bipolar can last your life time, too.
For most individuals, bipolar is a condition that doesn’t happen all of the time. You don’t go in and out of moods or other experiences within seconds and you don’t do this all of the time either. For example, some people will have bouts that last for several weeks. Others will have them for a few months at a time. Although it is possible to have bipolar disease in which your symptoms flare all of the time, this is really a rare case.
If you don’t get help for bipolar, your condition is likely to continue to worsen. There is no doubt that depression itself is a killer. Therefore, not getting help is simply not an option. But, the good news is that there are medications, treatments and therapies that can help to reduce the symptoms and help you to cope with your condition.
Do You Have Bipolar?
The first question that you need to ask is if you have this condition. Learning the signs and symptoms will help you to weigh the need to seek out medical attention. If any of your symptoms are severe or you are considering harming yourself, you must seek immediate medical attention as soon as possible.
Bipolar individuals will go through an alternating pattern of highs and lows that play on their emotions. The highs are called episodes of mania.
The lows are episodes of depression. The intensity of these highs and lows will vary from person to person and from one episode to the next. For some, the symptoms can be quite mild but for others they can be quite severe. In addition to this, you may also have very normal times too.
During the manic phase, there are a number of symptoms that can be observed.
You may feel extremely happy and optimistic. You may feel euphoria. You may also have inflated self-esteem or ego, too.
You may have very poor judgment, and you may know this by being told by others that you’ve made the wrong decision.
Your speech can be very fast. Your mind is going crazy with thoughts. You may be agitated and feel the need to move your body and your mind. Physical activity may be increased, too.
Many will be aggressive in their behavior, often more so than is “allowable.”
Some people find this to be a time of problems with sleeping, problems with concentrating on what you should be doing. You may be easily distracted, and have problems getting tasks accomplished.
You can be reckless or you may take chances on things that you normally would not do.
Those that suffer from the mania side of bipolar will transition from it into the depressive side. The depressive side is that which people often associated with depression like symptoms.
These symptoms can include the following, more than one, too.
The depressive bipolar symptoms include:
Feeling very sad, very guilty or feeling that all is lost. Hopelessness is a common feeling here too. The trademark of a problem is that the symptom is unfounded and is persistent.
You may be very tired, often not caring about getting your tasks accomplished. You may lose interest in the things that you do daily, normally. Even those things that you love to do may not be done.
You may be very irritable, losing your temper for no real reason.
You may not be able to sleep although you are tired. You may not be hungry and some will lose weight because of not eating properly here.
Some have problems with pain, too. If you have pain that there is no real cause for, this can be a sign of depressive behavior.
The most serious of all symptoms and signs of depressive behavior is that of thoughts of suicide. If you have these thoughts, your condition needs immediate attention.
If you think that you have any of these symptoms, then you need to work with your doctor to be diagnosed. It is necessary to get treatment and treatment really can help you!
Regards, Coyalita
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