Archive for August, 2007
treatment options for bipolar depression
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Bipolar depression is a serious illness that is unfortunately not curable but is treatable. The illness manifests itself with dramatic mood swings that can take a person from the point of severe depression to a state of real excitement or agitation and back again over a period of days or weeks. Owing to the nature […]
more on the causes of bipolar disorder
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Extreme emotional highs and lows are the hallmark of bipolar disease. Many people have difficulty understanding the extreme nature of the forces at work in the brain of a bipolar disease sufferer. The feelings that induce bipolar mood swings are triggered by a person’s brain and cannot be managed or controlled ‘at will’. Medication is […]
causes of bipolar disorder
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Bipolar disorder affects the brain and results in severe functional changes to an individual, namely extreme shifts in mood, energy and the ability of the individual to function normally. The results can often be drastic and case great confusion among those acquainted with the individual affected by bipolar disorder. It usually appears in early adulthood […]
bipolar disorder type 2
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007There are two major types of bipolar disorder (commonly known as ?manic depression?). Neither is very nice. Bipolar I is most familiar to the public. A sufferer has sharply contrasted mood swings. One week, they?re suicidal, the next they are the life of the party and just won?t shut up about how happy they are. […]
bipolar disorder type 1
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Bipolar 1 disorder is known as being the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. It is a condition which is characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression. As well, many bipolar 1 disorder episodes are characterized by elated mood, over-talkative or heightened talking speed, hyperactivity and agitation.
This disorder is considered as being […]
the symptoms of bipolar disorder
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Bipolar disorder is an illness which affects the brain. The main symptom of bipolar disorder is extreme mood swings. A sufferer of bipolar disorder will not feel, think, and act as others do. As such, the effects can be widely varied and also disturbing to those not familiar with this disease.
There are three kinds of […]
