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What is the difference between Sociopath and bipolar disorder?
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∙ 11y ago
bipolar is a biological illness with moderate to severe mood swings often passed down by your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. If the person with Bipolar disorder is open to treatment it is easily treated with relativity high success rate.
sociopath has nothing to do with bipolar disorder is a psychological illness. The person has an inability to care for someone feelings other than them self. This illness is very difficult to treat. DO NOT TRUST your intuition around a sociopath they are most likely smarter than you are and skilled at self deception.
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The difference between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder is?
the number of depressive and manic episodes.
Can bipolar be sociopaths?
Sure. But so can people with leukemia, arthritis, and HIV. Having Bipolar Disorder doesn't automatically mean you'll turn out to be a sociopath.
Can you be diagnosed as bipolar but really sociopath?
Possibly. Bipolar disorder involves mood swings, and sociopaths can also have rapid mood swings. However, depression- which is a prerequisite for Bipolar I and Bipolar II- is rarely seen in sociopathy.
What is the major difference between bipolar and acute stress disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a chemical imbalance in the brain. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are characterized by changes of mood ranging from severe depression to a manic uncontrollable high. Acute stress disorder is the result of a psychological shock that stems from severe trauma.
Does bipolar disorder effect men or women more?
The prevalence rate of bipolar disorder appears to be equal among men and women
What is the difference between oppositional defiance disorder and bipolar disorder in children?
Oppositional defiance disorder is something one grows out of unlike bipolar disorder which is permanent. Bipolar disorder is accompanied by mood swings being on top of the world one moments and in despair the next and these moods can last for weeks without signs of improvement. There are other symptoms as well that can help a parent distinguish whether or that is the case. Bipolar disorder is very difficult to live with and should be diagnosed as soon as possible. The book 'the bipolar child' will tell you what you need to know.
What is the difference between OCD and mild depression and bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disease refers to someone who has sudden and severe mood swings. They have no control over these emotions and are sometimes very irrational during these times. OCD, aka Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, refers to someone who is obsessive about something. These people need to do repetitive things throughout their day. See "Difference between ADD and OCD"
Can obsessive disorder be a part of bipolar disorder?
Some people have OCD and they don't have Bipolar disorder, but, they can get extremely irritated with their OCD which enables them to get annoyed and angry. Some people who do have OCD, do also suffer from Bipolar disorder, but not all people.
What is the relationship between bipolar disorder and thyroid disorder?
The relation between thyroid disorder andbipolar disorder is that there is an increased tendency to develop bipolar disorder in persons having one particular form of thyroid disorder. It has been shown that autoimmune thyroiditis, specifically, is the thyroid dysfunction that is responsible for this.
What apparent symptoms are often found in bipolar illness?
Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric and mood disorder. Suffers of this disorder experience differing extreme moods. They switch between episodes of mania and depression.
What is the probable diagnosis for Reuben behavior?
Bipolar disorder
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.
