2006-09-15 03:24:13 · 16 answers · asked by fatfatool 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
To Big B..who seems to think that Bipolar is a lie..
I have seen first hand 4 individuals with bi-polar disorder. Who have manic highs and crippling lows when not taking medication. I doubt it is a lie to them. One of them being my own father who I looked after for 10 years..he was very ill and there is no way that it is a lie. He suffered and we did as well thru all his manics episodes of highs and lows. Another being a girlfriend who walked into the ocean with her newborn while on holiday with the intent of sucide ..no lie or joke there. She was thankfully stopped and treated.
It is no joke..and can be a very serious disorder if left unattended.
One of these individuals has spent a lot of time hospitalized and it is a heartbreak for her family and her children.
No it certainly isn't a lie. If other parts of the body can break down so can the brain and there should be no stigma or shame in treating this as any other medical issue.
We are very fortunate that we live in a time that these conditions can be treated and the indiviual can lead a normal life.
Most scientists now agree that there is no single cause for bipolar disorder—rather, many factors act together to produce the illness.
Because bipolar disorder tends to run in families, researchers have been searching for specific genes—the microscopic "building blocks" of DNA inside all cells that influence how the body and mind work and grow
I hope this helps
Regards
2006-09-15 03:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by marie l 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bipolar Disorder is a result of a chemical imbalance in the brain, and is typically passed on genetically. How it originates I don't know, unless it's akin to some defect of development. It is not caused by childhood trauma or abuse, but is strictly physiological. It used to be thought that it didn't show up until a person's late teens or early twenties, but more and more often it's being diagnosed in younger children.
2006-09-15 04:36:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being Bipolar is a chemical imbalance in the brain.What causes this imbalance isn't understood yet. The replacement chemicals are very helpful, but are not a cure.
Better understanding of the disease will lead to a cure I think.
It does seem to be hereditary.
2006-09-15 03:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people are unable to make or break down the chemicals in the brain properly..
or the enezymes this causes an imbalance
2006-09-15 03:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mis-diagnosis. Bipolar is a lie. They just want people to take medication to make money for both the doctor and drug company.
2006-09-15 03:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Too much wine not enough weed. Have a good weekend. Get out of my life. You look good. Your to fat ahhhh bipolars they make me sick. Have a nice day. I hope u rot in hell.Ha ha ha ha
2006-09-15 03:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by prizelady88 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
biology and chemical imbalance is 90% of it, the environment and attitude is 10%. Drugs used to control it include lithium and depakote as well as others. I am on depakote-er and effexor-xr.
2006-09-15 03:26:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
chemical imbalance of some kind in their brain....actually it is a lot more complicated then that, google has several theories on the cause, but they are mostly theories, just like my simplified answer was a guess...
2006-09-15 03:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Summers in Antarctica, winters in Greenland.
2006-09-15 03:25:43 · answer #9 · answered by El Gringo 237 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an imbalance in brain chemistry.
2006-09-15 03:25:35 · answer #10 · answered by Bryan D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋