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"Bipolar affective disorder is when a person has a split personality problem. One mintue a person can be happy and content, they next they can snap into a rage."
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What are some other names for bipolar affective disease?
Other names for bipolar affective disease include manic-depressive disorder, cyclothymia, manic-depressive illness (MDI), and bipolar disorder.
What is another name for manic depression illness?
Manic depression, or manic depressive disorder is nowadays more commonly known as Bipolar disorder or Bipolar affective disorder. It can also be referred to as Hypomania due to public unawareness.
What is a psycho-affective disorder?
A disorder that affects your brain in any way such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, and/or Psychosis.
What is a psycho affective disorder?
A disorder that affects your brain in any way such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and/or Psychosis.
What does the ICD9 code 296.46 mean?
bipolar affective disorder, manic, in full remission
What is the purpose of the OBAD?
It is the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder. I assume it is to help people with Bi-polar issues.
Can bipolar people have schizophrenic symptoms?
Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia have some symptoms that are quite similar. The main difference between these two is that schizophrenia's characterized by hallucinations and delusions while bipolar disorder is mainly manic behavior followed by periods of depression. Typically, bipolar behaviors are fairly distinguishable from schizophrenia, but there are some rare cases of schizo-affective disorder which is a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder where there is a mood component accompanied by schizophrenia. In short, bipolar symptoms can be somewhat similar to schizophrenic symptoms, but unless the individual has schizo-affective disorder the symptoms won't be identical enough to confuse the two disorders with one another.
Is there a shot you can get for bipolar disorder?
No. There is no cure for Bipolar Affective Disorder. The treatment strategy is lifelong medication compliance on a daily regimen of mood stabilizers usually supplemented by either an anti-depressant or an anti-psychotic, or both.
Could you have been wrongly diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder type 2 instead you have high functioning autism?
Yes
Is effective disorder correct term?
No, you are thinking about an affective disorder, such as a seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
What type of mental illness causes hallucinations?
Hallucinations can be present in psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, etc. ), bipolar disorder, major depression with psychotic features, delirium, or dementia.
Is taking 300mgs of triliptal to much for a 65 lb 10 year old?
Is the patient being treated for epilepsy or Bipolar Affective Disorder? If the usage is for epilepsy, trust your doctor about dosage. As to the off-label usage, few drugs for the treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorder have been proven to the FDA to be safe and effective in the treatment of Bipolar patients below age 18. Trileptal IS NOT one of the drugs proven to be safe and effective. Questions to ask your child's doctor; -Why this drug? Are there other options? If so, have they been proven safe and effective in this age group? -How can we know that your diagnosis is correct? Ten years old is exceptionally young (statistically extremely unlikely) for an onset of Bipolar Affective Disorder?
