Bipolar mood disorder, as the name suggests, has two behavioral traits that are poles apart. This kind of disorder is recognized with ‘high peaks and low valleys’ in the context of mood swings. A person with this mood disorder faces episodes of extreme temperaments. At one point of time they come across intense feelings, optimism and brighter perceptions towards life while on the second instance, they can turn out to be extremely depressed and full of hopelessness. Under these effects, a person may go hippy and impulsively charge up huge amounts on his credit card, resign from the job, or even break up with friends. Unlike the normally passing good or bad mood, the phases of bipolar disorder last longer – for days, weeks or even months. However, we often fail to diagnose it during the initial stages as the symptoms may be relatively feeble or even confusing. So it is often overlooked till late, leading to unnecessary suffering. Read on to get an insight of the major symptoms of bipolar mood disorder. Symptoms Of Bipolar Mood Disorder Individuals suffering from this disorder face two different episodes of emotional play. They may experience a ‘manic’ phase or a ‘depressive’ phase. Symptoms and Signs of ‘Mania’

During their ‘manic’ phase, subjects may feel overtly happy and unusually ‘high’ or optimistic about everything. This experience is often defined as feeling on top of the world and being unbeatable.
People tend to be extremely irritable and agitated during this period. They feel abnormally jittery and uneasy.
The rate of speech and thought process during these times becomes very rapid – one idea almost jumps over the other. People around find it difficult to come at pace with this kind of racing one-way communication.
These individuals are easily distracted at this stage as they remain very restless and impatient.
A manic may get irate and infuriated with people who differ from him or dismiss his impractical plans or ideas.
The manic individual experiences lack of inhibitions – this can lead to a reduced ability to foresee the costs of his impulsive actions. For example, he may recklessly spend huge amount of money shopping unnecessarily or even quit a job without any other source of income in sight.
These individuals project lavish plans and beliefs. They may even believe that they are exceptionally endowed with talents and can do almost anything.
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Many of us suffer from mood swings and we sometimes wonder whether we could be suffering from a bipolar condition. First let us have a look at the difference between how to get mood swing help when the situation is more or less under control and when it could be really urgent to seek help.

If it really is a bipolar condition, then the length and severity of the condition will be evident. This is no normal on or off day and the low period can last several weeks or months. It may be followed by a period when we are totally and unnaturally elated. These long spells mean that our work and relationships will suffer and certainly our daily routine will be negatively affected. That is because if we are bipolar, then it will affect everything we do during the day from sleep, eating habits, concentration levels and levels of libido. If we really are bipolar, then we will really need more than just mood swing help. We should seek professional help.

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Jim is a successful software engineer and a happily married man with a loving wife and two lovely children. These days, he goes through a range of emotions in the matter of hours and there seems to be just one term to describe it – a roller coaster ride. When he wakes up in the morning, he feels great and looks forward to the day. Breakfast time with his family is a fun-filled time and Jim feels his normal self, joking and asking his kids about their school and friends. By lunch, his mood has darkened and he is tense and nervous. This at times results in his feeling aggressive towards his co-workers and subordinates. By end of the day, he is extremely restless and can barely wait to finish his work and head home. Back home, his mood stays unchanged. He does not want to speak to anyone or go out and do something. By late evening, Jim is feeling fine again. He is watching some old movies with his family and fondly reminiscing about the past. But as the night approaches, Jim’s spirits start to sink again till he is in utter despair by midnight. Day in and day out, Jim goes through these extreme mood shifts and he is afraid that he has completely lost control of his emotions.

Jim is going through what are called Mood Swings. The most common way of defining mood swings is that they are rapidly changing moods. Capable of causing extreme emotional distress, mood swings can make you feel very lost and lonely. In fact, your reactions in certain situations may be absolutely extreme without your even realizing it. Though a very common occurrence, not many realize that they are going through mood swings, resulting in a very frustrating time for both themselves and even more so for their family members, till they seek help. Everyone goes through stress and anxiety at different stages and at different levels in their lifetime and these can cause mood swings from time to time. However, if the mood swings are frequent and are severe enough to be disrupting your life, you should seek help.

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I am dating a smart, witty, beautiful 23 year old (happy birthday today!) girl who I share a lot of values and common interests with. (I am also female, by the way). The biggest problem is, she has Bipolar disorder. She IS being medicated for it, but of course, she still has her mood swings.

I understand that she is going to have more “dramatic” mood swings then a “normal” person would… but how do i deal with it exactly? It gets difficult for me when she is sad or depressed- And while I am always there for her, I wonder what I SHOULD be doing to help her out, if anything at all.

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A bomb exploded in the middle of my life when I was expelled from St. Thomas University School of Law.  I was hurt, angry and confused.  And fighting the lawsuit against the school without an attorney became my life’s work formore than four years.2

I wish I did not have to admit this because it is not good for Christians – or anyone else for that matter – to be consumed with anything but Christ.  But there were times when I was consumed with the lawsuit and expulsion. Now, not two years later, thank God, I can hardly get interested in it enough to write about it.  It just doesn’t seem to matter anymore beyond the specific circumstances that I mention here as examples of the blessings of bipolar.

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I get these rapid mood swings. Like once i came up to get dressed for bed, and my dad started joking around with me. I started yelling, slamming the cupboard door, and i eventually punched off the door handle and chucked it at a mirror. I remember when I was like 7, I thought I was a buisness man, and I was going to make billions and billions of dollars for my family. And when I was 6 I thought I was Jesus, and I would walk in the mall in a white robe, i could make the wind come and stop and control the weather.
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When i get these mood swings, it looks like an epileptic fit, its quite scary. Also, I had a shit day at school and everyone was teasing me. I had 4 outbursts at home. 1: I had one of those “epileptic fit” looking things in the car. 2nd outburst: I smashed the car keys on the tile floor, kicked my door closed and sobbed on the floor for at least 1 hour.
3rd outburst: I had another “epileptic fit” looking things. And then, at night, when I was in bed i jumped up and started dancing. I was completely Hyper-Active, Elated, I thought I was God, I was going to make a bomb filled with special gas, and bomb the entire world with the gas, and the gas would make every one happy. I was pacing up and down tirelessly, jumping up and down, running around the house, Remember! this is all at 11:00 at night!

Manic Episode? Bipolar? What!

but I have not noticed any. How long do people go through the periods where they are feeling okay and when they are feeling bad?

How can a teenager be diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder? I mean, wouldn’t you be easily confused with the tendancy young people have to rapidly change moods? Look, I’m almost positive that I’m Bipolar, but my mom thinks it is just regular teenage mood swings. I think it’s too severe for that. I sort of want to be diagnosed as being Bipolar because I want help. I don’t like what happens to me, but I can’t really fight it. If you’d like to know WHY I think I’m bipolar…

-I eat a lot all the time.
-I have trouble waking up.
-I have trouble falling asleep.
-I can become extremely angry in a heartbeat over absolutely nothing. In my anger, I have physically hurt people and damaged my house and my belongings. I can’t really control my anger or stop myself.
-I can feel unexplainably happy or hyper out of no where.
-I can’t really concentrate on one task.
-I often have thoughts about suicide and running away.
-I have trouble talking to others.

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i am happy most time but all of the sudden ill start to cry people make fun of me because i cry no one else understands me buti have one good friend and i’ve had him for a long time. (i am a boy and excuse me for my bad spelling)

any dating tips for someone who has bipolar illness with irritability? any tips, suggestions, breathing techniques, any thing?