How can you tell if someone is Bi polar? and what is Bi polar disorder?!


Question: How can you tell if someone is Bi polar.? and what is Bi polar disorder.?
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Bipolar, also known as manic depression is a mood disorder caused by the brain mis handling neurotransmiters. This causes 2 "poles" of mood, Depression and mania. Episodes tend to last weeks to months.....not one minute happy next minute sad like many people think. also, although most people understand what depression is, most dont understand mania. Mania is much more then"really happy" or hyper. It is period of very high energy that can be either euphoric our dysphoric. Euphoric feels really good, feel productive, get ideas of grandure, great plans that you want to pursue that to anyone else are unreasonable.....and so on. Dysphoric episods are more angry raging energy. also with both racing thoughts, excessive behavior, skewed perseptions and such.


There are also different degrees of bipolar.

Bipolar I- Mania and severe depression.

Bipolar II- Hypomania (slighly milder version of mania) and severe depression

Cyclothymia-Hypomania and milder depression

Bipolar NOS(not otherwise specified)-sometimes also refered to as bipolar III. Is the diagnosis a Dr would give to someone that has an illness that is obviously bipolar in nature, but does not fit under the full diagnostic criteria for any other the others.

All are a spectrum of the same disorder.

The only way you tell if someone is bipolar is if they are diagnosed by a psychiatrist and tell you. You can think they may be, but there are many other illnesses that share many of the same symptoms.Health Question & Answer

BPD is a mood disorder characterized by extreme changes in mood. Severe depression lasting several weeks or months and Mania also lasting several days or weeks but usually shorter then the depressed period. Mania is an extreme high characterized by sleeplessness, extreme physical and mental energy, irritability, rage and reckless behavior. If you think you or someone you know has BPD they need to see a psychiatrist immediately. It is a very treatable illness.Health Question & Answer

Everyone has feelings of happiness and sadness once in a while. Feeling high and feeling low are part of life.

But for someone with bipolar disorder (sometimes called manic depression), these feelings can be extreme:

These ups and downs can be too much for a person to cope with.
They can interfere with daily life.
Sometimes they can even be dangerous.

One day you may feel so depressed that you can't get out of bed. Work may seem impossible.

On another day you may feel great and full of endless energy. You may feel like you

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