They will say at a manic state,"anything ". And they can do everything a non bipolar person can do also, often better!!
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Yes, more then a someone with our bipolar disorder but, anyone can misunderstand their own feellings.
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they can poke them
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Sure, what would make you think they can't? Bipolar is not infectious. Admittedly the bipolar person should be stable to best care for another, but even if not entirely stable they can help. I have bipolar myself and helped care for my mother for about a year and a half as she recovered from cellulitis in her legs.
Yes. Children with one bipolar parent have a 30% chance of developing bipolar disorder. Even children of bipolar parents who do not develop bipolar disorder are at increased risk (compared to children who do not have a bipolar parent) for other psychopathology such as ADHD, learning disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, etc. Children with two bipolar parents are at an even greater risk of developing bipolar disorder.
Some symptoms associated with someone who is bipolar are serious mood shifts, energy, thinking, and behavior. From the highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the other. The mood changes of bipolar disorder are so intense that they interfere with the ability to function.
Author Kay Redfield Jamison wrote a book that explains the bipolar disorder. There is a section that includes a bipolar quiz to determine if someone has the disorder. The book also discusses the results of the quiz.
It could. But not every Bipolar person is abusive. It should however, never be an excuse for abuse. A person who is abusive Bipolar or not, is wrong in what they are doing. Seek help if you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship/situation.
Bipolar Disorder is not a disease - you cannot catch it or carry it or give it to someone else. There does seem to be a genetic trait that you inherit, so that if your ancestors were bipolar, you will have a bigger chance of having it yourself, but it is a chance and not a certainty.