Bypolar Made out to be a disease?

Question

Im not bypolar , but read up on it concerned about someone else that is. All it is, is that someone is overpositive. And Im thinking that is a good thing. So why treat it as a disease and give them meds to make them depressed and destroy the positivity? This world (not earth) is so negitive that they would make the positive ones a disease? So strange. bypolar is just a head injurie that caused an effect where they cant handle too much negativity. And their bieng punished,why? Its my bro.

Answer 1

You seem to have many misconceptions about bipolar. Bipolar involves cycles of debilitating depression with cycles of mania. The depression can include:
Prolonged sadness or unexplained crying spells
Significant changes in appetite and sleep patterns
Irritability, anger, worry, agitation, anxiety
Pessimism, indifference
Loss of energy, persistent lethargy
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness
Inability to concentrate, indecisiveness
Inability to take pleasure in former interests, social withdrawal
Unexplained aches and pains
Recurring thoughts of death or suicide

But I think you are focusing more on the manic side, which is not being "overpositive." Mania includes:
Increased physical and mental activity and energy
Heightened mood, exaggerated optimism and self-confidence
Excessive irritability, aggressive behavior
Decreased need for sleep without experiencing fatigue
Grandiose delusions, inflated sense of self-importance
Racing speech, racing thoughts, flight of ideas
Impulsiveness, poor judgment, distractibility
Reckless behavior
In the most severe cases, delusions and hallucinations

Bipolar has been shown to have biological and genetic causes. No one deserves to have bipolar and no one is being punished by having it. It's unfortunate, but your brother did nothing to get it.

Answer 2

Alright although you are right there is nothing wrong with these people. Have you ever been on cloud nine for like a week, everything is going perfect, and then a little thing throws a wrench in the way. Most people don't fly off the handle, others bypolars for example go a little extreme. But some people are able to take this to a better place. I'm an artist, and while I suffer a degree of various 'mental illnesses' I take them and form beauty that even the dullest person can appreciate. Emotions are a key part of life, to many people just don't want to deal with other people.

Answer 3

The idea that manic depression (otherwise known as bipolar) is a problem stems from what can happen when a person swings too far to a particular 'pole' When hypomanic (bit like being manic but a little less so) a person tends to just be incredibly positive/ bouncy etc. which is generally ok, except the person may end up doing things they wouldn't normally do,

eg. singing loudly on a bus, or kissing people or something else rather impulsive.

But when hypomania wanders over into full blown mania, a person becomes quite scary and overpositivity can lead into aggression and great impulsivity and generally acting completely out of character. When the person comes down off this...(because what comes up must go down...) they tend to be extremely embarrased about what they have said/done. It may also then lead into depression (the other 'pole' of being bipolar, which is definitely quite negative regardless of medication.

And then you also have in some forms of manic depression a 'mixed state' which is quite unpleasant, with all the hyperactivity of being manic but the feelings of depression. Therefore, in some peoples opinion, it is safer to treat manic depression with medication, although, the negative side effects of this are rather understated.

Hope this helped.

Best Wishes,

Linda

Answer 4

Wow, if only you were right huh?
Unfortunately you were wrong in every aspect of your question.
I'm not sure where you read your information , but it would be a good idea to throw that book straight in the rubbish.
Bipolar disorder (also termed manic-depression) is an illness that causes a patient to experience a shift from their normal behaviour to feelings of extreme highs (manic) or extreme lows (depression).
A manic state is certainly not the same as overpositive. At worse a patient can experience hallucinations which I can assure you from personal experience, it is a very scary thing.
Other manic behaviour include, incoherent rambling, feeling full of courage and excess, impulsive & reckless behaviour. It can be harmful to experience any/all of these syptoms, for instance someone may jump off their 2 story house all because they were convinced they could make the leap into their neighbours swimming pool. Needless to say, they didnt even make it over the fence let alone the pool.
The medication prescribed to treat bipolar will vary from patient to patient. Through medication, threrapy, and lifestyle modifications, most bipolar patients are able to continue to work and cope with societal stresses.
It isnt a head injury either. Doctors dont really know what causes bipolar disorder.
If your brother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder by a doctor, then you should find his behaviour will improve over time from the treatment he's receiving.
Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about either. Its no one's business for one thing, but when it is talked about or mentioned, imagine for a moment instead he was diabetic requiring daily medicine. Both are diseases, just to different regions of the body.
Im not sure of your age, or reading level so it may be an idea to talk first with your parents, but your entire family including you, should learn as much as you can about bipolar. Educating yourself as much as possible will help your brother tremendously. It helps your brother with feelings of isolation.
All the best

Answer 5

You are not understanding bipolar disorder. Many people think the depression is the serious part but the manic periods are good. This is not true. When someone experiences a period of mania, they become so euphoric that they can become reckless and a danger to themselves or others. This can include driving recklessly, etc. Another common outcome is risky sexual behavior. So don't think for a minute that the "positivity" is a good thing that is being punished.

Answer 6

Have you ever heard of the Illuminati? The aim of this group of trillionaires is to kill off 90% of all humanity. They are doing this to lower the world population down to the point where there are just enough people (slaves) left to support them and be much easier to control. Some of the organizations of the Illuminati are the Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Skull and Bones Society, Freemasonry, the Bohemians, the Black Nobility, the Vatican, the Club of Rome, the Roundtable, the Majestic Twelve, the Committee of 300 (controls finance, insurance, drug trade, politics, industry, religion); Philosophers of Fire, the Group of Eight (G-8), Rhodes Scholar program, Black Lodge, Aspen Institute, Knights of Malta, World Federalists, The Circle of Initiates, Nine Unknown Men, Lucis Trust, Tavistock Institute, British Quator Coronati, Mumma Group, Nasi Princes, Milner Group-Round Table, World Economic Forum, Opus Dei, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Rosicrucians, Knights of the Garter, the Priory of Zion" (who believe they are of the bloodline of Jesus), Prince Charles and the Black Nobility of Europe, the Thule Society-based on a fifth dimension, Theosophical Society, the Witches League for Public Awareness, the Guardians, Key Fraternity, Brotherhood of the Snake, and several others not listed here because of space limitations. You are quite right about them tricking us. I stopped getting vaccinations a long time ago. Swine flu, Aids, Ebola, Bird Flu, Hunta Virus, are all man made diseases that are supposed to contribute, in a big way, to the destruction of humanity.

Answer 7

Sometimes it is chemical in the brain, other times it is all mental. Not a laughing matter, meds are as good as how they treat the problem.
Punishment comes from that they are flighty and prone to drink a lot. There is still studies being done to understand how to treat and stop the episodes which can come up at anytime.
As you have seen in your bro, not an easy thing to pinpoint.
Hang in there.

Answer 8

to have a out look on life like i do is a rare thing to have at 40 something i still surf and dive and dance as often as I can i have never held a job or lived in one place longer than three years. and have no savings but brother life is good, persons like that can not help what happens to there brain and all my self happieness can not help. But they still are my friend and i just get away when the other person comes out. With al.l the modern sience now a days you would thinkl more than a pill could help, but nooo we have to go to mars instead. let your bro be sry to say he is happier byhimself but never leave his friendship. He is not challenged just a little mixed up.get him into something like dumpseter diveing and going tom the flea market with his finding

Answer 9

bypolar , in my world isnt a disease its a way of life ! like valentines day the disease was made up in order to 1 give people that dont know a reason to believe that they do and B for those of us that know we know its all just a ploy of the drug manufacture - ers to bilk those that dont know but think they do or need to out of their easily made money , also maufactured.

Answer 10

you have no idea what bipolar is, theres extreme variations. it has nothing to do with being overpositive it could be over-stressed even that would count as a "high" and suicidal a low... if the person is only overpositive than its not "bi"polar. bi=2