Am I bipolar
Am I bipolar?
A person who constantly experiences dramatic mood swings like anxiety, depression, joy etc in his or her daily life may be considered as a person suffering from Bipolar disorder and a person usually ask himself ‘am I bipolar?’
Types of bipolar disorder
• Bipolar Type I
This bipolar disorder is a health related disease where an individual suffers from high mood swings which lasts for at least a week. Bipolar disorder is also known as mania where one become very self confident, extrovert, self dependent. The person suffering from this mania starts sleeping for fewer hours than usual and preoccupies himself with the activities they find interesting and pleasurable.
Here the person becomes more enthusiastic. Sometimes maniac’s experiences irritability and psychosis, a problem where one looses touch with reality and lives in his/her own world. Bipolar requires immediate treatment and cure for living a healthier and peaceful life.
• Bipolar Type II
Bipolar type 2 is not as severe as bipolar type 1. Here the person experiences constant mood swings for about four to five days. This is the phase where an individual suffers from depression, sadness, loss of appetite, sleeping disorders. The person starts blaming himself for all the problems and looses motivation and enthusiasm and do not find pleasure in doing any activity.
Causes or Factors
The Role of Genes
Another assumption causing bipolar disorder is the role of hereditary genes. Studies have found that identical twins having same genetic makeup can experience this illness. If one twin is bipolar then other might also become bipolar. Sometimes of a mother or a father is bipolar then their child may also become bipolar.
Stressful Atmosphere
It is believed that most of the people who suffer from this illness usually experience a stress full life. Every individual faces stress problem but it depends on person to person that how they take things what one person finds stressful may be it not the same for other person. Extremely stressful atmosphere can lead to physical and psychological bipolar disorder.
Treatment
If you are frequently asking yourself ‘am I bipolar’ or if you are suffering from bipolar symptoms it is suggested that you should immediately consult a mental health practitioner. There are a large number of treatments and medications like mood stabilizers, anti convulsants and others, which are made available only on prescription for curing bipolar disorder. There is a special treatment for children who suffer from this illness.
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1 Response to “Am I bipolar”
1Mark Zamen on Aug 26, 2009 :
This is a good post: accurate, succinct yet informative, and well conveyed. But the real-world, day-to-day ramifications of bipolar disorder can be more readily understood via another medium, that being literary fiction. In this case, I’m referring to my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a bipolar man, and chronicles the internal and external struggles of his troubled life as he battles for stability and acceptance (of himself and by others). More information on the book is available at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html.
Mark Zamen, author