Asking for help

          Bipolar Disorder is like the common cold; don’t wait for it to get worst and out of control. You’re not alone. Millions of people have been diagnosed and are being treated for this mental disorder. Even though you’re feeling the symptoms; Bipolar Disorder doesn’t only affect you. It affects your life, your family, your loved ones, your friends, and everyone associated with you. Bipolar Disorder affects your feelings, thoughts, and behavior making socializing and relationships not just difficult for you but also for the people involved with you. Bipolar Disorder is the most common mental disorder in the United States consisting of symptoms that may and have resulted in suicide. Bipolar Disorder is effectively treatable when properly diagnosed and treated. So if you know someone or you yourself are suffering from this disorder. Just know you are not alone.

      

Lifestlye Change

There are early signs and preventions. Paying attention to mood swings and attitudes can help detect early episodes. Including family and friends to help watch for signs and to experience episodes can help to track patterns and to pinpoint what triggered the episodes. If you’re experiencing symptoms avoid drugs and alcohol use. Even though it may make u feel better; it’s only temporarily covering up the symptoms. Don’t try diagnosing yourself and don’t try medications that aren’t prescribed to you. Talk to your doctor about how you’re feeling. If then diagnosed and prescribed medication; take the medication as directed. Bipolar Disorder can be treated effectively with a combination of medications, therapy, and lifestyle changes. Lifestyle home remedies consist of quitting drugs and alcohol drinking; drugs and alcohol encourage risk-taking behavior that leads to negative consequences. Steering clear of unhealthy relationships; unhealthy relationships encourage unhealthy behavior or attitudes that may trigger episodes. Get regular exercise; exercise releases brain chemicals that make a person feel good. And get plenty of sleep; sleep helps to manage moods.

signs of being bipolar

            Bipolar Disorder has a whole range of symptoms, from minor problems to major problems. Bipolar is a common disorder defined by uncontrollable intense mood swings from manic episodes to depressive episodes. These episodes change severely and sometime together.  

Suffering from Bipolar Disorder can make the simplest things seem complicated. Relationships become unfunctional. Everyday life can become hard to deal with. Adults dealing with Bipolar Disorder may experience feelings of sadness, emptiness, loss of interest, difficult to concentrate, feelings of being overwhelmed, periods of mania, manic episodes, unable to remember things, unable to make simple decisions, hopelessness, worthlessness, change in appetite, change in weight, isolation, emotional episodes and in severe cases thoughts or attempts of suicide. Children express and feel Bipolar Disorder a little differently than adults. Considering their lives have hardly started and they haven’t experienced nor do they understand their feelings yet. Children suffering from Bipolar Disorder may have episodes of abnormality, may cause constant disruption, destructive behavior, troubled, and have signs of pain or suffering. On the opposite side some children express massive creativity, seeks approval on goals and positive achievements. Generally full symptoms are established by late adolescence going into early adult hood for these children.