Listed into at least eight groups, this depressive episodes is therefore important that victims of bipolar, parents, friends and co-workers know how to recognize its symptoms. Educate yourself so you can offer help or seek it at the appropriate time for your friend or a loved one. Finding the symptoms early and treating it is very important with this mental illness.
Loss of Energy: There is nothing mysterious involved with this bipolar symptom. Not having much energy when you try to compare it to the last few days. You still have a lot of energy and felt good and strong enough when you return from job. Your usual routine most nights would be to go for a run and a dinner out, but now you notice that you have run out of energy in the middle of the day. This can be seen by other members of the family, your close friends or coworkers that you have actually stopped what you love to do.
Fatigue - weariness from bodily or mental exertion : After the decrease in energy, depression can cause physical fatigue. While after sleep we feel refreshed, bipolar victims instead become unrefreshed. Getting up in the morning can be both difficult and tiring. Some may have a different experience, during the day they are full of energy but, once they get home they feel like they have been run over by a big bus.
Lethargy - state of being listless and unenergetic, drowsy, dull, indifferent and lazy: It is a very serious symptom. These people are unusually drowsy or lethargic - spending hours just sitting and doing nothing in a place. They become totally unresponsive and simply uninterested in doing anything because their feeling and mind is indifferent and lazy.
Diminished Activity " Feeling of less important: This is usually caused by the loss of energy, being tired and listless. In other cases it may occur independently of those symptoms. If their level of activity begins to drop or non existence" an example will be she leaves her washing undone, or unable to do the simple things like raking the garden then, you know they have a symptom of bipolar.
Insomnia " Unable to have a good sleep: These people can lie awake and feel worried, uncomfortable and tensed. This is because they are just having a lot of things going on in their brain. Sleeping is difficult.
Hypersomnia " sleeping a lot: People in depressive mode have been known to sleep endlessly; some can sleep for more than 20 hours straight.
No more Interest in Pleasurable Activities: You are turning down your friends invitation to go fishing because you used to love it. Mary loves to relax by sewing but, now she would not be bothered. Your son John has season tickets to the football but has been staying home, and when you ask, he just says, "I don't want to go." It may be easier for others to spot than for the bipolar person to notice the problem with this symptom.
Social Withdrawal: It may be easier to describe bipolar symptom, but it is quite difficult to pinpoint it, because a lot will depend on person's personality. If the person has an outgoing personality you may be able to notice the symptom when they stop going out. The problem comes if the person is a well known "loner." It will be hard to notice that their withdrawal symptom is getting worse.
Some Other Changes
There may be other changes in activity not listed above which may also come with depression, but the eight listed above are those that are most commonly associated with the depressive episodes of depression.
Loss of Energy: There is nothing mysterious involved with this bipolar symptom. Not having much energy when you try to compare it to the last few days. You still have a lot of energy and felt good and strong enough when you return from job. Your usual routine most nights would be to go for a run and a dinner out, but now you notice that you have run out of energy in the middle of the day. This can be seen by other members of the family, your close friends or coworkers that you have actually stopped what you love to do.
Fatigue - weariness from bodily or mental exertion : After the decrease in energy, depression can cause physical fatigue. While after sleep we feel refreshed, bipolar victims instead become unrefreshed. Getting up in the morning can be both difficult and tiring. Some may have a different experience, during the day they are full of energy but, once they get home they feel like they have been run over by a big bus.
Lethargy - state of being listless and unenergetic, drowsy, dull, indifferent and lazy: It is a very serious symptom. These people are unusually drowsy or lethargic - spending hours just sitting and doing nothing in a place. They become totally unresponsive and simply uninterested in doing anything because their feeling and mind is indifferent and lazy.
Diminished Activity " Feeling of less important: This is usually caused by the loss of energy, being tired and listless. In other cases it may occur independently of those symptoms. If their level of activity begins to drop or non existence" an example will be she leaves her washing undone, or unable to do the simple things like raking the garden then, you know they have a symptom of bipolar.
Insomnia " Unable to have a good sleep: These people can lie awake and feel worried, uncomfortable and tensed. This is because they are just having a lot of things going on in their brain. Sleeping is difficult.
Hypersomnia " sleeping a lot: People in depressive mode have been known to sleep endlessly; some can sleep for more than 20 hours straight.
No more Interest in Pleasurable Activities: You are turning down your friends invitation to go fishing because you used to love it. Mary loves to relax by sewing but, now she would not be bothered. Your son John has season tickets to the football but has been staying home, and when you ask, he just says, "I don't want to go." It may be easier for others to spot than for the bipolar person to notice the problem with this symptom.
Social Withdrawal: It may be easier to describe bipolar symptom, but it is quite difficult to pinpoint it, because a lot will depend on person's personality. If the person has an outgoing personality you may be able to notice the symptom when they stop going out. The problem comes if the person is a well known "loner." It will be hard to notice that their withdrawal symptom is getting worse.
Some Other Changes
There may be other changes in activity not listed above which may also come with depression, but the eight listed above are those that are most commonly associated with the depressive episodes of depression.
About the Author:
Ken P Doyle is an advocate for bipolar disorder and has a wealth of knowledge on mental illness. As an advocate he would like to share some FREE information and findings on bipolar medication and bipolar symptoms.
