It cannot be determined which is more harmful, as both are detrimental and each have their levels of severity. Each person's experiences and levels of depression and mania are different. Both can result in dangerous behaviors including suicide attempts.
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Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder in which the sufferer suffers cycles of highs (mania/hypomania) and lows (depression). There are three main types; bipolar I (depression, full-blown mania), bipolar II (depression, hypomania) and cyclothymia (mild depression, hypomania).
depression, mania
Depression is feeling sad and defective for no good reason. Manic depression is a mood disorder which combines this feeling along with the opposite mood in a cyclic "mood swing." The opposite of depression is mania. Mania makes you feel elated and invincible. Manic depression now know as Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder characterized by periods of mania and depression. With MD you sometimes feel euphoric and others you feel depressed and hopeless. With depression you feel like this all the time.
Bipolar mania is when you are very hyperactive and extreme then go into depression. Cycling is the behavioral cycle of these episodes.
Extreme euphoria and hyperactiveness (mania/hypomania) Depression
I doubt that it will completely leave with only the two, but it'll help. A lot. Being clean and sober helps especially with the mania, because it makes you a bit more relaxed after you've gotten used to it. For the depression, it may not help as much, but consider this: is the drinking a symptom of your depression? If so, I say get sober. NOW. Hope this helps!
Not advisable. It will trigger mania in a person with Bipolar Disorder.
Bipolar depression refers to frequent mood changes between depression and mania, the focal point of Unipolar depression is the negative emotions and feelings that an affected individual experiences. The unipolar indicates that the depression does not alter between the two mood states.
There are several different types of Bipolar disorder, all of which are characterized by highs (mania) and lows (depression). I recommend below beyond blue website for more info
Nothing really. could be depression but depression without any phase of mania is comletly disregarding what BiPolar actually is. so nothing.
It's in the word. Bi = two, so bipolar means two poles. In the case of bipolar disorder, these are depression and mania/hypomania. Uni = one, so unipolar means one pole. Unipolar is generally used to describe depression on its own, without mania.