About Bipolar Manic Depression, Disorder Type 1, Type 2, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatments, Test, Medication, Mood Swings, in Children, Hereditary
Do you know someone who has bipolar disorder? Perhaps it is someone you know that is very close to you like a friend, relative, child, or it might even be yourself. Bipolar disorder is a very serious mental illness that affects the lives of the people who have it, as well as the lives of the people who love them.
There are three basic types of bipolar disorder. The first type is called bipolar I disorder. This particular form of the disorder causes the individual to bounce back and forth between high levels of mania and depression. The symptoms of depression can last for days, weeks, and even months at a time. With this form of bipolar disorder, there will also be periods when everything is fine.
I keep thinking that there must be some mad connection between my Bipolar Disorder and the fact that the only sports team I consider worthy of my mania has just set a North American record for futility.
My Pittsburgh Pirates have not had a winning season in 17 years. Not since the blasted 1992 Atlanta wretched Braves came from two runs down in the bottom of the ninth inning of game seven of the National League Playoffs – to keep the Pirates out of the World Series – has my team had a season in which it won more than it lost. 1992?! George W. Bush’s father was President and the Pirates left-fielder was a skinny kid named Barry Bonds. Have you seen Barry lately? Skinny was a long time ago.
i have been with my guy for 11 years. he has always struggled with drugs and drinking. i have always tried to help him overcome these problems. the last time he went on a binge i let him know i wouldnt tolerate it anymore. that was my finale ultimatum.i always knew he smoked way too much pot and drank too much beer and as much as this bugged me and made me sad i thought there would come a time when he would grow up. well we bought a house and things didnt change. i got pregnant and things were supposed to change but didnt.shortly after our house was forclosed on he finally let me budget the money. i started noticing that even after i took into consideration all the po t and beer being consumed there was money that should have been there that wasnt. things got strange. he wouldnt answer the phone at work.if he did his voice didnt sound right.he was home less and less. sometimes he would act all hyped up wich i thought might be because he was diagnosed as having bipolar wich was never treated. last week after coming home late from work and acting suspiciosly hyped up, i went through his wallet and found a big bag of cocaine! i told him that it was over.he is now staying at his parents and thankfully going through treatment. my thing is that he wants to be with me and i know he is doing a great thing by being in treatment but i feel so all done.its not that i dont love him its that i feel so manipulated. i dont trust him.idont even know whatelse he has done that i havnt found out about.my relationship started with him when i was 18 and we were good friends before that.he is a really wonderful person in lots of ways other than the addiction issues. i cant help but feel guilty because i know how hard it must be for him losing me and being in recovery all at the same time but i feel like i cant take this on.am i doing a bad thing by leaving him?
If you have bipolar disorder, you will probably need medication. You may need it for the rest of your life. That can be hard to accept. Some people see medication as a crutch or a weakness; instead they want to get better on their own.
But you have to remember that bipolar disorder is a real medical illness. It’s not something you can cure with willpower. Taking bipolar disorder medication is just like taking medication for high blood pressure or heart disease.Medication can be like a pair of glasses. Bipolar disorder distorts your view of things; medication may allow you to see clearly again.
If you know someone who has bipolar disorder and is on medication that impairs them to drive?
Who should you report to and how to go about it. I feel this person cant be on the road even if the medication is a RX and being taken as prescribed. What to do?
Is there a relationship between ADHD and autism? What about bipolar manic depression? I have heard that all of them have some genetic basis, but the shocking increase in ADHD cases makes me wonder about environmental factors. Also, what exactly is the relationship to hereditary dopamine deficiency?
Just to clarify for those who aren’t aware, ADHD is not simply a child’s disease. It affects millions of adults. The symptoms may include difficulty concentrating on sustained tasks, poor time management, distractibility, forgetfulness, and cluttering.
Of course, there are bound to be epigenetic factors, but if the disorder is indeed hereditary then those without the genetic basis who are exposed to the same environmental factors (food additives, pollution, vaccines, or whatever) should not develop the disease. I should have clarified that.
Professor Peter Schofield, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia, gives this lecture entitled: ‘The Genetics of Bipolar Disorder: Discovery, Prediction and Attitudes’. This video was recorded at The Australian National University on 30 August 2010. Appointed head of Institute in 2004, Professor Schofield graduated from the University of Sydney with the University Medal and was awarded a PhD in genetics from The Australian National University in 1985. He undertook postdoctoral positions in biotechnology in the US and the University of Heidelberg. He was appointed a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the Garvan Institute in 1993, becoming head of the Neurobiology Research Program in 1999. His research interests focus on identifying genes that lead to mental illness and to dementia. In 1995 he awarded the Boehringer-Mannheim Medal by Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and in 1997 the Gottschalk Medal by the Australian Academy of Science
www.truehope.com Jerry suffered from Bipolar disorder since she was a young child. She was not diagnosed officially until she was 29 years old. Before that point, the Bipolar Disorder had already drastically affected her life. She had tried to overdose on medications and she had already been married and divorced. Once Jerry was officially diagnosed with Bipolar disorder the medicating began. She was put on cocktail of medication after cocktail of medication, all with no success. Jerry would take handfuls of pills just to numb her feelings. She ended up being hospitalized 18 times for being suicidal, totalling over 4 and half years of hospital time. I the year 2000, Jerry heard about Truehope and the success they were having in treating bipolar disorder with their supplement, Empowerplus. She decided to try the Empowerplus because of the lack of success in trying all the different pharmaceuticals. After a few months, she was medication free and doing well on the Truehope Empowerplus. After 10 years she has continued to get healthier and claims that she is symptom free from the Bipolar disorder, all due to Truehopes Empowerplus.
Bipolar affective disorder, also known as manic depression disorder, is a mental illness that causes the patient to experience mood swings or mood cycling, involving depressive episodes, mania episodes, and/or mixed episodes. There are many treatment options for bipolar affective disorder. The most successful treatments are a combination of medications and counseling or therapy.
If you love your man, and he gets abusive, what do you think is going on? If you consult a ‘family worker’ you’re likely to be encouraged to leave him. Sometimes this is the right advice. But if you know in your heart (or your brain) that this man is usually loving and caring and fun to be with, where do you go? Many women are intimidated by their ‘family worker’ and act on their advice. I once subscribed to the same view that ‘bad behavior’ was, simply bad behavior. But my direct experience changed my beliefs.
