Depending on who you talk to, some terminologies people use to call bipolar by are bipolar disease, bipolar illness, bipolar disorder, bipolar symptoms and medical condition or morbidity.
Disease what is?
According to the English Dictionary, a disease is A pathological or medical condition of mind or body. On the other hand an Infectious disease is the presence of pathogenic microbial agents. These viruses are called prions which are a known abnormal protein,bacteria, fungi, protozoa and multicellular parasites. If an infection does cause a clinically impairment of normal functioning, it is considered a disease. Of all forms of disease which are non-infectious the most popular are diseases caused by genes, cancer and heart disease.
Clinically Impaired
Even during periods of symptom remission, one of the most obvious signs and growing evidence of adolescents hit with bipolar disease is the mental impairments. Not as severe Bipolar disease falls in the impairments category like Alzheimer dementia and schizophrenia.
Cognitive impairment
It is unclear how common cognitive impairment among adolescent bipolar diseases occurs. A big number of patients complain of neuropsychological problems (a psychological processes and overt behaviors linked to the brain). Because adolescent bipolar sufferers do not complain of cognitive or mental problems, there is a possibility that neuropsychological impairments may be more widespread than our experience suggests.
Time Frame
What is the time frame for each episode to occur in a person with bipolar disease? We are all different so there is no time frame in this ongoing illness. It can go from manic to calm to depressive to calm again. For some it can be 2 days manic than 3 to 4 weeks all good calm and normal and 5 days depressing and 1 week of calm and normal again. This bipolar disease can last from a few minutes to one whole year with some experiencing "normalcy", which is a lack of problematic symptoms. Other Individuals can experience periods of double or mixed episodes in which symptoms of depression and mania are either present, or a person may transit from one episode to the next without a symptom-free period.
Important Tips
1. Alcohol:AC be careful, it can inflate the bipolar disease.
2. Promiscuity: high to very high sexual libido especially when in the manic episode.
3. Medication: finding the right combination of drugs can be difficult for doctors.
4. Suicidal: For some it is the only way out of the situation. Look for injuries especially cuttings on the body.
5. Forcing: Always be gentle with bipolar patients " forcing them to do something they do not want can be catastrophic.
6. Clarity: be really clear with your doctor about what symptoms are bothering you for them to address and diagnose it properly.
Heart Breaking
A lot of people with adolescent bipolar disease have to be amazingly strong because many mental health conditions can overlap. The darkness that sometimes wells up out of people struggling with bipolar illness can be a big challenge. For families with bipolar children their hopes, dreams and love with someone like this can be really sad. And then watching the person you love melt away and replaced by a completely different stranger can be disheartening.
Conclusion
Bipolar can be controlled successfully and those suffering from the disease and their families must have excess to a support network in those difficult times. Most of the time if medication is taken as prescribed patients can live a normal life without adding stress to families or a partner.
Disease what is?
According to the English Dictionary, a disease is A pathological or medical condition of mind or body. On the other hand an Infectious disease is the presence of pathogenic microbial agents. These viruses are called prions which are a known abnormal protein,bacteria, fungi, protozoa and multicellular parasites. If an infection does cause a clinically impairment of normal functioning, it is considered a disease. Of all forms of disease which are non-infectious the most popular are diseases caused by genes, cancer and heart disease.
Clinically Impaired
Even during periods of symptom remission, one of the most obvious signs and growing evidence of adolescents hit with bipolar disease is the mental impairments. Not as severe Bipolar disease falls in the impairments category like Alzheimer dementia and schizophrenia.
Cognitive impairment
It is unclear how common cognitive impairment among adolescent bipolar diseases occurs. A big number of patients complain of neuropsychological problems (a psychological processes and overt behaviors linked to the brain). Because adolescent bipolar sufferers do not complain of cognitive or mental problems, there is a possibility that neuropsychological impairments may be more widespread than our experience suggests.
Time Frame
What is the time frame for each episode to occur in a person with bipolar disease? We are all different so there is no time frame in this ongoing illness. It can go from manic to calm to depressive to calm again. For some it can be 2 days manic than 3 to 4 weeks all good calm and normal and 5 days depressing and 1 week of calm and normal again. This bipolar disease can last from a few minutes to one whole year with some experiencing "normalcy", which is a lack of problematic symptoms. Other Individuals can experience periods of double or mixed episodes in which symptoms of depression and mania are either present, or a person may transit from one episode to the next without a symptom-free period.
Important Tips
1. Alcohol:AC be careful, it can inflate the bipolar disease.
2. Promiscuity: high to very high sexual libido especially when in the manic episode.
3. Medication: finding the right combination of drugs can be difficult for doctors.
4. Suicidal: For some it is the only way out of the situation. Look for injuries especially cuttings on the body.
5. Forcing: Always be gentle with bipolar patients " forcing them to do something they do not want can be catastrophic.
6. Clarity: be really clear with your doctor about what symptoms are bothering you for them to address and diagnose it properly.
Heart Breaking
A lot of people with adolescent bipolar disease have to be amazingly strong because many mental health conditions can overlap. The darkness that sometimes wells up out of people struggling with bipolar illness can be a big challenge. For families with bipolar children their hopes, dreams and love with someone like this can be really sad. And then watching the person you love melt away and replaced by a completely different stranger can be disheartening.
Conclusion
Bipolar can be controlled successfully and those suffering from the disease and their families must have excess to a support network in those difficult times. Most of the time if medication is taken as prescribed patients can live a normal life without adding stress to families or a partner.
About the Author:
Ken P Doyle is an adviser for bipolar disorder and has a wealth of information in the field on brain illness. As an adviser he would like to share some available information and data on adolescent bipolar and bipolar disease.
