Bipolar Disorder
What is it?
It is a disorder that causes a person to alternate between mania and depression. These feelings are so intense that they interfere with everyday life. During mania the person can become care free and put themselves in danger while depression can leave them bed ridden.
Symptoms and Characteristics
- feeling extremely optimistic when not appropriate
- easily irritable
- over or underestimate their personal abilities
- high levels of energy on little sleep or nutrition
- speak quickly possibly think quickly
- easily distracted
- acting recklessly
- poor judgement and act on impulse
- states last for moments or they can last for days even weeks
- may be hereditary
Demi lovato
- Suffers from bipolar
- During mania she would take on excessive work as she thought she could accomplish it
- Became even more depressed when she couldn't
- Bullied as a kid because of her weight became bulimic
- Started to cut at age 11
- While rehearsing for a performance she punched one of her dancers during a state of mania
- Was told to see a doctor and was diagnosed with bipolar
Treatments
- difficult to treat as mania could be interpreted as happiness
- Emotion stabilizing drugs
- Psychotherapy (learn the root of issue)
- Support from friends and family (keep you in track)
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Education (knowledge is power)
- Lifestyle changes (keep in line to reduce chances of alternating states)
