What is Bipolar Disorder Really

Steve Jones — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:16:40 +0000

While most people with bipolar disorder and their loved ones are told that bipolar disorder is either a chemical imbalance of the brain and/or a mood disorder that can be characterized by extreme mood swings, it is really so much more than that.

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Living With Bipolar Disorder – How To Turn Negative To Positive

Guest — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:07:54 +0000

ly hopeless and useless; in case you no longer relish humor; if you have become uncontrollable, irritable, frightened & angry then you are suffering with the bipolar disorder.
4. Other key symptoms of bipolar disorder are excessive shyness, intense interest in seduction/sensuality, strong sense of ease, power, euphoria & omnipotence.
5. While many people think that these are just temporary symptoms, it is always advisable to go for medical attention.
6. Before it gets too late, the attention towards such ailment must come as fast as possible, to avoid all unwanted & disastrous results.

In case you find such symptoms in yourself or some of your family members, instead of getting despaired and feeling hopeless, you must start working on the therapeutic resources. Some of these resources are as follows:

1. Bipolar Advantage a book that helps you get through with Bipolar Disorder

Written by Tom Wootton, this book explains all the essential and advanced aspects of the bipolar disorder. While ailment cannot be seen as an advantage, with a two years research Tom Wootton in this book explains a true positive approach towards this condition.

Some of the key features of this book are as follows:

i. Bipolar Advantage primarily helps you accepting the situation and further guides you through the struggle to become a better individual.

ii. This book talks about Introspection that is how to change your habits to accentuate the positive aspects, and working towards minimizing the negative ones.

iii. The book explains a step by step plan to do so. First you must create & accomplish a vision that is what you want exactly. Next, you formulate a plan so as to achieve your goals.

iv. Tom Wootton was once misdiagnosed as a patient of bipolar disorder. That way he had a first hand experience of both sides of the disorder – good as well as bad. Henceforth, he has learnt and developed several methods to cope with the situations arising due to this disorder. He now also conducts seminars for the benefit of the patients suffering with bipolar disorder.

v. This book consists of Tom Wootton’s personal experiences and several case studies to better explain the therapies and another related aspects of the disorder, almost in the real life situations.

2. Surf through the Bipolar Websites

The World Wide Web or the internet is nowadays the richest source of information that you must bank on. A popular website known as Bipolar Advantage deals all the aspects of bipolar disorder that is all goods & bad. The website is a good source that would provide you all sorts of information needed regarding the ailment. The website also focuses strongly on the situations, symptoms and treatments of the disorder.

Besides, this you can go on your choicest search engine and look for further information regarding the disorder. As the experts advise, it is all the worth spending your time and energy in this sort of a patient research.

3. In Audio

With the help of a computer and internet connection at home, the patients suffering with bipolar disorder can make use the modern technology that is, the radio (that operates rather effectively with a flash player loaded in your computer). Through internet, you can log on to this therapeutic radio at your convenience.

Treating Bipolar Disorder – Medicines Can Do Miracles…

Guest — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:07:37 +0000

The bipolar disorder is not new? nor is the cure for the same. Many professionals were treating it even before they knew what it was. Many new medications come out every other year, and more methods to treat it are appended to it.

This was a problem that was first diagnosed during the second century AD. The most famous treatment for bipolar disorder, till the year 1960 was to keep the person affected in a locked room, or leaving the individual in a place where there is no one to even take care of them.

Early in 1970’s, the depression and maniacal behavior were seen as symptoms for this disorder. And, this paved way for the treatment for bipolar disorder. Many laws have been set up, and there are certain standards that need to be maintained in places that offer treatment for bipolar disorder.

Usage of medications is one of the primary methods that is sought to treat a person who is suffering from bipolar disorder. This might be a very powerful tool, but one needs to check the medications that are available to cure this problem before they administer any treatment.

Lithium Carbonate is supposedly the first breakthrough when medications for bipolar disorders are concerned. This one belongs to the ‘mood’ stabilizer category, and this medicine is known for easing the maniacal behavior of any individual during a bout of bipolar disorder. This medicine will prove effective in kicking out depressing moments, and keep the patient under control.

There are medicines that were actually anticonvulsants that are used as medications to treat the bipolar disorder? these are used as mood stabilizers. These show a significant improvement in the patient’s mood.

It is very important to be cautious when antidepressant therapy is being administered to a person suffering from bipolar disorder. Always, the mood stabilizers are the ones that are tried on the patients first. This is because the antidepressants might tend to kick-start the maniacal episodes of the patient. In case an antidepressant is going to be used on the person, make sure that it does not cause other problems.

In modern times, the treatment for such psychotic behaviors has evolved. There are many anti-psychotic medicines in the market now, and these are the ones that put the patient to some rest. They are administered when an individual tends to unleash his maniacal side. But, these drugs might cause a permanent damage on the individual. The research people are slogging in the labs to find alternative medicines that will not inflict much damage on people who are being treated.

There are other anti-psychotics that have proved to be having only lesser neurological effects. The latest of these medicines are very safe when compared to the others that are prescribed. These are the medicines that are very useful in treating the patient during a bout of maniacal outburst. The latest ones in the market are olanzapine, and resperidone.

Talk therapy is another method that is used to treat people suffering from bipolar disorder. It helps a lot in curing the problem for a person who is showing symptoms of bipolar disorder. The cognitive behavioral therapy is something that can actually help an individual in identifying the destructive attitude of his, and will make him a better person with the help of the positive influence that is splattered on him. Talk therapy has proved to be very successful in treating bipolar disorder.

These processes are to be continued through the lifetime of the individual. And, more breakthroughs are expected in the future to cure this problem.

Latest Bipolar Disorder Facts Revealed By Medical Science

Guest — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:51:30 +0000

Bipolar affective disorder is also referred to as manic-depression disorder, which is a form of a mental illness wherein the patient displays sudden and intense mood swings that are uncontrollable and can be dangerous for the individual as well as those around him/her. It can begin with the patient feeling happy, cause the person to feel utterly depressed the next moment and swing back to a cheerful mood within minutes; it can also stay for months in a mood cycling motion of manic-depressive or mixed episodes.

Timely diagnosis and clinical therapy is very important to educate patient and family besides any bigger support group around the individual about the condition, the ways in which it can manifest itself, the danger to the person and how best to control and treat it.

Best treatment options for bipolar affective disorder include regular therapy, combined with medication and teaching the patient more about the disorder and tools that are effective in controlling it, including reading a handbook on the subject and learning how to use a workbook on bipolar disorder.

Among the latest in the line of many new medications to treat bipolar affective disorder are Aripiprazole or Abilify, atypical anti-psychotic that has been approved for treatment of manic and mixed bipolar disorder episodes since 2004, which benefits the patient by shutting down the brain’s dopamine receptors so they behave more normally and thus, result in mood stabilization and the popular, Celexa. The latter is mainly an antidepressant that has been used by medical experts for a long time but witnessed more beneficial value over the last few years when treating patients with bipolar affective disorder.

Other effective and latest medication in the market for treating bipolar disorder includes Geodon, also an anti-psychotic that is a mood stabilizer with no fear of weight gain, working much like Zyprexa that has a few minor side effects of which weight gain is fortunately, not one; Wellbutrin, (may also be packaged as Zyban) are other helpful medication used initially as an anti-smoking drug but which has shown marked benefit for bipolar patients. To its advantage is the fact that patients using Wellbutrin can effectively manage weight as it neither induces weigh gain or loss!

Even though bipolar disorder cannot be cured completely, with timely diagnosis, proper counseling and the benefit of new-age medicines, much of the mental health of the patient can be improved as research is constantly being conducted to improve and upgrade the benefits of each drug proven effective in controlling bipolar affective disorder so do consult a doctor and the psychiatrist before undertaking any sort of medication for bipolar disorder treatment.

What are the Causes of Bipolar Disorder?

Guest — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:28:45 +0000

Bipolar disorder is a difficult illness to manage and to treat. Many who have it may ask themselves, “Why me? What caused all this?” There are great disagreements as to the causes of bipolar disorder. They all tend to go back to the old nature/nurture controversy. In other words, does a thing happen to a person because of who he or she is, or because of the environment he or she grew up in?

Psychiatric Evidence of Bipolar Disorder

Guest — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:28:25 +0000

Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a serious mental illness that has eluded doctors for decades. For many years, bipolar disorder patients were diagnosed as psychotic or Schitsophrinia. However, about twenty years ago, manic depression became a more common diagnosis. Psychiatric specialists still, however, did not really understand the illness.

What are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder?

Guest — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:09:34 +0000

From historical figures to celebrities to everyday people, there are many people with bipolar disorder. Whether one hears of these people on television or in real life, the question often arises as to how they know they have bipolar disorder. So, what are the symptoms of bipolar disorder?

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