Depression and Bipolar Disorder

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no, if you have bipolar you were born with it. The symptoms usually start to show when major stressors or triggers arise during a lifetime. Mostly in the teenage years.

A mood disorder is a mental illness which is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. This imbalance causes your moods to swing uncontrollably.

In unipolar depression, you feel very sad for no good reason, and often feel tired, defective, and may even have physical symptoms such as headache or nausea.

In bipolar disorder or manic depression, your mood swings between depression and a feeling of uncontrolled elation known as mania.

In anxiety disorders, you feel anxious, nervous, and worried for no good reason.

All mood disorders respond quite well to proper medication, and often can be cured or brought under total control with a combination of medication and psychological therapy.

Serum serotonin levels can be obtained (as ordered by a physician or nurse practitioner or physician assistant). However, serum serotonin levels do not possess much utililty since they vary widely - some people having low levels despite being on significant doses of setonergic medications, and other people have high levels despite being on very low doses.

It is a sign of distress and a call for help for some, and that means that the person cutting is probably deeply in agony and needs a way to get rid of it somehow, and cutting could be their way of relieving some of their internal pain.

A doctor diagnoses depression by establishing the existence of some classical signs that indicate a person may be depressed instead of just sad: * You either want to sleep all of the time, or you cannot sleep more than just a few hours every night * You have either gained a significant amount of weight or lost it * You no longer enjoy doing the things you used to enjoy, and have no interest in things you used to love doing * You do not feel like being with friends and loved ones, and just want to go somewhere and hide * Your feelings are affecting your life to such an extent that friends and family have noticed and remarked upon the change in you * You can't stop crying * You never seem to have any energy * You find yourself thinking of harming yourself or killing yourself * You think that there is something wrong with you, or that you are a bad person These are some of the questions your doctor will ask. Depression is different from normal sadness or grief in that it often affects you for no good reason; depressed people do not always have a reason to feel sad. Depression also lasts for weeks and often months, while sadness and grief are short-term situations that do not trap you into a cycle of negative feelings. A doctor's diagnosis should allow for some normal types of sadness which answers to the following questions can determine. Have you been: * Crying because someone has died, or is very sick? * Crying because you got some very bad news? * Feeling sad and lonely because you had to move away from your friends, or they moved away from you? * Feeling sad and lonely on the anniversary of someone's death, or on major holidays when you think about the person who died? * Feeling sad because you did something wrong? * Feeling sad because a loved one is suffering? * Feeling sad because you read a sad book or see a sad movie? A lack of normal, emotional, caring responses can be an indication of complex underlying problems in some people. Sometimes people predisposed to depression can experience a period of extreme optimism and euphoria, and enjoy a natural "high" until this wears off and is followed by a period of extreme pessimism and depression. Where this becomes a recurring pattern a doctor may diagnose a person with bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression). Seasonally Acquired Depression (SAD) is another type of depression a doctor will diagnose by observing that the onset of the condition coincides with the reduced hours and lower intensity of sunlight that accompanies the winter months. Treatment may include time spent exposed to special lighting each day or the use of herbal or prescription medicines.

they may be unintrested in anything with no motive.

talk slowly.

always seemingly depressed.

fidgity, never keeping still.

either overeating or undereating.

either sleep to much or cant sleep.

hope this helps :)

There are approximately 30 million men, or 5% to 8% of general population, that experience depression. And we can assume that these numbers reflect those that have chosen to get help. The actual number that have depression may be higher due to the possibility that many go unreported.

Even though not everyone with a mental illness gets better, many people with mental illnesses are able to lead functioning, happy lives. It depends on the severity of the person's disorder, the support the person has, the treatment being utilized, and the person's individual characteristics.

Yes, we can have different types of Depression by ZAFA Pharmaceuticals

1- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Modd disorder, frequent mood swings.

2- Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD): You remain persistently depressed, but you don't feel.

3- Bipolar Disorder: Hallucinations & Delusions.

4- Premenstrual dysphonic disorder: Fatigue, anxiety, moodiness, bloating, increased appetite, food cravings, aches.

5- Seasonal affective disorder: Sleepiness and weight gain during the winter months but feel perfectly fine in spring.

6- Postpartum Disorder (PDD): During pregnancy or even following the birth of the child.

1. 7- Atypical Disorder: Signs of depression (such as over-eating, sleeping too much, or extreme sensitivity to rejection).

Lithium is typically prescribed for people with bi-polar disorder (what was more commonly called "manic depression" until recently).

Lithium might also be used as an adjuvant to other drug in depression treatment of "non-bipolar" people.

It is indeed used for depression, but what I found some years ago was very interesting. It is a natural salt from the earth, and there is a town in the U.S. that has these naturally existing salt mines.. incerdibally, this town has the LOWEST SUICIDE rate in the Nation. Pretty wild!......<> it can also be used for Borderline Personality Disorder to control the rages and impulses. i myself could not take it for BPD because of physical health issues so i take Sodium Valproate, brand name Epilim.

Yes. It hurts you and everyone who knows and loves you. It also hurts when you kill yourself aside from all of the hurt it'll bring friends and family.

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suicide should be the last resort you can't predict the future maybe your problems will not last forever.

The problem is not the physical pain there are ways of killing yourself that are not painful but consider the psychological pain you will bring on the people you know.

In general, it's quite common, but to be specific, it varies because each teenager is different.

Bipolar disorder is a complex mental health condition that requires specialized treatment by a mental health professional.

Mental health professionals who may provide treatment for bipolar disorder include:

1. Psychiatrists

2. Psychologists

3. Clinical social workers

4. Licensed professional counselors

5. Psychiatric nurses

It's important for individuals with bipolar disorder to seek professional help from a mental health professional who is experienced in treating this condition. Treatment can help individuals manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.

well from my past experience when i would ride in the car with someone upset, ill, or very angry they tended to drive out of control because they were too busy focused on what they were upset about and how upset they were that they did not pay enough attention to the road.

If you have been diagnosed with depression and want to try and treat it without medications you can try therapy counseling to get you back on the right track in your life without going through medications and having a support group.

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There are two main ways to treat bipolar disorder I can think of. The first way to treat bipolar disorder is through the use of medication go see a doctor to get medicine for any type of depression, anxiety your feeling. The second way to treat bipolar disorder is through therapy, see a psychologist to talk about your problems, and learn how to use zen meditation from the internet. Meditation has helped me alot with my depression.

mild depression

People do not develop bipolar disorder. It is something they are born with. The disorder may not show up until late teens or early twenties.

Severe stress can cause bipolar to show up at any age. I may have been born with it but it didn't show til I was in my 40s and dealing with one of the worst life stressors.

Bipolar disorder, although it affects the mental processes and emotions, has far-reaching effects. Bipolar disorder is mainly known for the swings between high and low mood, as well as the fluctuating energy levels. High moods cause patients to indulge in more risky behavior and act more impulsively or recklessly, whereas low moods cause lethargy and lack of motivation. Since the brain and body are linked, the phases of bipolar disorder will have a negative affect on the other systems of the body.

Here is an Amazon list of the best books about mental health, or the best books on mental illness:

1. A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness by Tom Davis.

The list author says:

"Engrossing book that deals with generations of a family that suffered through self-destruction"

2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most riveting book ever written about mental health, and it was way ahead of its time."

3. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most sensitive portrayal of mental health every written."

4. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

5. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

6. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison