Different people have different use of words. Some people might call bipolar disease by bipolar illness, bipolar disorder,bipolar symptoms or a medical condition.
What is a Disease?
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.
Impaired Clinically
When adolescents are hit with bipolar disease, one of the most obvious signs and growing evidence is that individuals have mental impairments, even during periods of symptom remission. Bipolar disease falls in the impairments category like Alzheimer dementia and schizophrenia, but they are not as severe.
Mental Impairment
A big number of patients complain of neuropsychological problems (a psychological processes and overt behaviors linked to the brain). And it is not clear how common are adolescent who are mentally impaired by bipolar diseases. There is a possibility that neuropsychological impairments may be more widespread, because adolescent bipolar sufferers do not complain of cognitive or mental problems.
Time Frame for each Episodes
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: because it can inflate bipolar you must take great care.
2. Promiscuity: high to very high sexual libido especially when in the manic episode.
3. Medication: Doctors usually go through trial and error to find the right combination of drugs.
4. Suicidal: For some it is the only way out of the situation. Look for injuries especially cuttings on the body.
5. Forcing: When patients refuse to do anything do not force them or you may be faced with an angry person.
6. Clarity: be really clear with your doctor about what symptoms are bothering you for them to address and diagnose it properly.
Heart Breaking
For many mental health conditions, symptoms of bipolar can overlap. A lot of people with adolescent bipolar disease have to be amazingly strong. The darkness that sometimes wells up out of people struggling with bipolar illness can be incredible. But even more difficult is the sharing of hopes, dreams and love with someone like this and then watching the person you love melt away and replaced by a completely different stranger.
Finally
Bipolar disease can be controlled but cannot be cured. It is important that adolescents suffering from this bipolar disease and their families be surrounded by a good support network in those difficult times. Besides having a support group, medication must be taken at times allotted so the disease does not add stress to others and also break up existing strained relationships.
What is a Disease?
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.
Impaired Clinically
When adolescents are hit with bipolar disease, one of the most obvious signs and growing evidence is that individuals have mental impairments, even during periods of symptom remission. Bipolar disease falls in the impairments category like Alzheimer dementia and schizophrenia, but they are not as severe.
Mental Impairment
A big number of patients complain of neuropsychological problems (a psychological processes and overt behaviors linked to the brain). And it is not clear how common are adolescent who are mentally impaired by bipolar diseases. There is a possibility that neuropsychological impairments may be more widespread, because adolescent bipolar sufferers do not complain of cognitive or mental problems.
Time Frame for each Episodes
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: because it can inflate bipolar you must take great care.
2. Promiscuity: high to very high sexual libido especially when in the manic episode.
3. Medication: Doctors usually go through trial and error to find the right combination of drugs.
4. Suicidal: For some it is the only way out of the situation. Look for injuries especially cuttings on the body.
5. Forcing: When patients refuse to do anything do not force them or you may be faced with an angry person.
6. Clarity: be really clear with your doctor about what symptoms are bothering you for them to address and diagnose it properly.
Heart Breaking
For many mental health conditions, symptoms of bipolar can overlap. A lot of people with adolescent bipolar disease have to be amazingly strong. The darkness that sometimes wells up out of people struggling with bipolar illness can be incredible. But even more difficult is the sharing of hopes, dreams and love with someone like this and then watching the person you love melt away and replaced by a completely different stranger.
Finally
Bipolar disease can be controlled but cannot be cured. It is important that adolescents suffering from this bipolar disease and their families be surrounded by a good support network in those difficult times. Besides having a support group, medication must be taken at times allotted so the disease does not add stress to others and also break up existing strained relationships.
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 is willing to share some available information and data on adolescent bipolar and bipolar disease.
