What causes death from Bipolar Depression?
There is this guy who died from bipolar depression! He use to go to my sister’s college! Last week my sister saw him in college and he was talking to his friends and he was fine!

A relative has recently been diagnosed with this and he has taken medication for 2 weeks with no result. Will he ever be normal again? What causes it? Will he always have to take medicine? He does not think he has a problem.

I’ve seen the chart, for depression, where there isn’t enough of a certain cell or something, so people get depression.

But I’m curious about what it is that’s going on inside the mind with bipolar disorder that is causing it.

The cause of bipolar disorder is unclear, but hereditary, biological, and psychological factors may play a part. For example, the incidence of bipolar disorder among relatives of affected patients is higher than in the general population and highest among maternal relatives. The closer the relationship, the greater the susceptibility. Children with one affected parent have a 25% chance of developing bipolar disorder; children with two affected parents, a 50% chance. The incidence of this illness in siblings is 20% to 25%; in identical twins, the incidence is 66% to 96%.

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Do you find that you have wild mood shifts from depression to euphoria? Do you find that your life is being compromised by your unstable mental state? Do you find yourself sometimes talking over people and talking too fast? Did you have episodes of super creativity with lots of ideas but unable to focus on any one in particular? Have you engaged in very risky behaviors believing there was no way you could fail? Have your actions caused severe damage to your life or that of your family? Have you entered depression that lasted for 4 days or more and then reverted back to euphoria? These are typical symptoms of bipolar disorder.

This mental disorder that affects millions of Americans and symptoms vary from mild to severe. Mild symptoms can become worse over time if not treated. It is important to treat this illness early to prevent symptoms from getting worses over time. If you think you might have bipolar disorder the first step is to take inventory of all your symptoms and unusual behaviors during the past few months to a year. Then contact a mental health care provider such as a psychiatrist to determine if you have it.

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