Mental Health What is your take on Bipolar mood disorder?

Mental Health What is your take on Bipolar mood disorder! It seems many people have this disorder. There a couple commercials that ask people not to turn away from people with mental illness.As I understand it, the disorder is developed through a traumatic incident.

Please answer the following questions:1. What are the social stigma regarding bipolar disorder? 2.Do you know anyone who has it and what are they doing for it.3 How do you feel about this disorder?4.

Can you give four symptoms without looking it up? (For purposes of awareness)Please keep it short Asked by Snooty 46 months ago Similar questions: Mental Health Bipolar mood disorder Health > Mental Health.

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Here you go: 1) Bipolar people tend to be out of control, so others shy away from them in general. A lot of bipolar people end up getting arrested, getting divorced, going bankrupt, or committing suicide because of their extreme moods. However, bipolar people are drawn to creative endeavors such as acting so their behavior becomes the Hollywood norm.2) My son has it and so does my nephew.My son is still a minor so I can make him take his prescribed medications.

He also goes to a psychologist several times a month and a psychiatrist once every two months. He is in a Behavior Improvement Unit at school, with a paraprofessional assigned to him who recognizes when he is going to explode and removes him from class to calm down. He has been hospitalized four times for being a danger to himself or others.

My nephew is an adult and refuses to takes his meds. He has fathered a child which my brother is raising, recently got his driver's license back again, was court-martialed (he spent 6 months in the brig and got a less-than-honorable discharge), and currently has a new job every time I see him (he is a waiter most of the time).3) I hate this disorder because I hate what it does to my son, and what my son has done to me, the house and so on. When he is depressed he tries to kill himself or set fires.

When he is manic he destroys things around him and doesn't sleep. When in control due to his meds he is a very nice kid.4) Four symptoms of mania: Extreme irritability, swearing and name-calling, talking really fast, a belief that only he is right, and really, really poor judgment (we live near an Emergency Room, thank God). Four symptoms of depression: Wanting to sleep all the time, wanting to/trying to commit suicide or saying that he hates himself, weight gain (all he wants to eat is McDonald's chicken nuggets), and not being able to remember squat.

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You are asking a lot of questions here! You ask that we not ’look up’ the answer so I will have to reach back into the recesses and archives of my brain to 1976, when I did my psych rotation in nursing school.So some of this may be slightly outdated but here goes... First, I don’t recall this being something that develops solely from a traumatic incident but a traumatic event can trigger a manic episode in someone with the disease. There isn’t a known cause but there are many theories.

It is highly hereditary, especially to males. Since it is a disease characterized by extreme highs and lows, there are many symptoms. During a manic ’high’, symptoms are irritability, grandiose ideas, sleeplessness, high energy, they are the ’life of the party, and often have an increased sex drive.

During the manic ’low’, loss of appetite, deep depression, suicidal tendencies... drug abuse and alcohol abuse are not uncommon. The treatment of choice used to be (may still be) Lithium. It can usually be controlled but the major problem with the treatment is that once the symptoms are under control and the person feels ’normal’ again, they think they don’t need the medication and stop taking it.

Then the cycle continues. Although I don’t personally know anyone with the disease, one man stands out in my memory from my 3 month stint on the psych ward. He was a prominent pastor.

During his manic high, he thought he was God. He preached loudly to everyone around him. He was animated, exciteable, obnoxious, loud, never slept, never stopped talking...until he crashed.

Then he was so depressed that getting him out of bed and getting him to eat was a challenge. Once his medication kicked in and began to control his mood swings, he was a soft spoken, very likeable person. Social stigma?

Uncontrolled, this disease makes keeping a job difficult because a person in a manic high or low lacks dependability needed to show up on time, stay on task, and relate to people in a normal way. Anyone with an imagination can see what this would do to your personal relationships as spouses, significant others, children, etc. Have to deal with someone whose behavior may be self destructive or dangerous to themselves and others 24/7, especially when they themselves may not realize that they have a problem during a manic episode. My feelings about this?

It’s a disease that uncontrolled, can cripple people. Those with the disease and their families have my utmost sympathy because it is a life long struggle. Sorry, this answer may not be short, but I think I answered all your questions.It will be interesting to see if anyone with this disease or who has a family member with it gives any input.

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I have a close family member diagnosed with bipolar disorder.... To keep it short: 1. The stigma attached can vary. Most people think that folks with this disorder are unpredictable, and difficult to read while others think that the person could perhaps be violent as they can't control thier moods.2.

I have a very close family member with bipolar disprder. They are on medication. They have tried many different kinds.

From my experience, the medicine just keeps them in the "high/happy" state rather than allowing them to experience sadness & anger. The person seems very hyper. Without her medication, her moods vary greatly and can turn almost unprovoked.3.

I agree that it is a real condition. In my family members case, it was brought on by a number of traumatic experiences, her mother passed away, she lost her job, her brother had a quadruple bi-pass, her niece lost her baby and her brother in law was in a very bad car accident. All of these incidents occured within 2 months of eachother.

This person was the type to want to be there for everyone, and she just wasn't able to.4. If they aer medicated, you shouldn't notice any symptoms except for maybe more talkative, hyper-type of personality. Otherwise, the person seems withdrawn at times & then very social at other times.My family member exhibited signs of depression (talk of suicide, stopping normal/favorite activities).

That was our first tip that something was wrong. However, she also could "turn on" the fun, happy personality too, it just seemed more intense. Sources: personal experiences JackOLantern's Recommendations Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated Amazon List Price: $7.99 Used from: $2.85 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 198 reviews) 100 Q&A About Bi-Polar (Manic-Depressive) Disorder (100 Questions & Answers about .

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If the pharmaceutical companies have their way, we'll ALL be crazy! Big Pharma is doing their best to take everyone outside of the smallest section of the bell curve, and get them a diagnosis. They convince us it’s in our best interest, because once it’s diagnosable it’s covered by insurance.

Let’s see.....who benefits by this arrangement? Insurance companies and Pharmaceutical companies! Brilliant!(Who has more paid lobbyists per politician in Washington than insurance companies?

You guessed it. Two per politician....) Yes, I know people who are subject to extreme mood swings. Very few are probably so extreme that some medication might benefit them, along with talk therapy to learn some impulse control.It is my un-professional opinion that it is a very small segment of the population, certainly not enough to warrant the new four page ads in magazines, and a national tv advertising blitz.

Why do I think that bipolar disorder (BPD) is about to become the fastest growing segment of the health market? Because the campaign is being presented by the same helpful folks who turned first anxiety (prozac) into a national epidemic, and have since done the same with depression. You gotta say, they are GOOD at what they do.

Okay, so back to bipolar disorder aka manic depressive disorder, and your questions: 1) The social stigmas regarding the disorder are that people distrust those who have extreme mood swings, and rightly so, as the behavior is unpredictable. Most people prefer the manic state to the profound depressive state, even if the mania that accompanies BPD can be more dangerous.2) The first two people I knew who were diagnosed with BPD both were treated with lithium. The third and most recent was treated with a huge assortment of drugs, often in combination, and also electro-convulsive therapy.

Of the three, one had pretty good results from treatment (with lithium).3) I feel that it is wildly misdiagnosed and overly diagnosed, as per my opening statements. 4) Symptoms include extreme moods swings, from depression to mania. The depressive state is similar to atypical depression: problems eating, sleeping, crying, lethargy, dark thoughts.

The manic state includes problems eating and sleeping, but also may include extreme energy (no need for sleep), thoughts of invincibility, "hyper-active" behavior, wild spending, promiscuity, drinking and drug taking, gambling, and criminal behavior (stealing money to support other behaviors isn’t uncommon). Many bi-polars refuse to take their medication when in a manic state, as they prefer it to "the crash" - the return of their depression. Sources: Life experience @Goldie_Bah_Humbug's Recommendations Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Drugs Amazon List Price: $17.50 Used from: $7.70 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 45 reviews) Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the "New Psychiatry" Amazon List Price: $19.95 Used from: $3.27 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 51 reviews) The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox Amazon List Price: $15.95 Used from: $3.45 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 18 reviews) Talking Back To Prozac: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Today's Most Controversial Drug Amazon List Price: $6.99 Used from: $0.01 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 35 reviews) .

1 My understanding is that Bipolar is a 'nicer' new label for manic-depressive, which has (apparently) too many negative associations now attached. As such, the person switches from relative extremes of mood and does not control their mood swings.

My understanding is that Bipolar is a 'nicer' new label for manic-depressive, which has (apparently) too many negative associations now attached. As such, the person switches from relative extremes of mood and does not control their mood swings.

I have a BS andwant to further my education in mental health and counseling field, not sure which program to continue in.

Can you receive disability for a mental disorder.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.