i have bi-polar disorder i need help understanding it?

Answer 1

Bi-polar is also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
In simple terms, it describes a person whose mood changes frequently from being extremely excited, high, happy, talkative, to severely sad, depressed, non-verbal, sometimes sleepy, to some people antisocial.
Are you diagnosed of Bi-polar Disorder by a psychiatrist? I surely hope that you're not self-diagnosing it just because you were happy a while back then something bad happen so you're sad now... that's completely normal. But if you do feel like being "bipolar" you might want to see a doctor.
If your doctor told you that you have bi-polar and you don't understand it, please, go and tell your doctor to help you understand it, because your doctor should well inform your condition.

Answer 2

Bi-polar disorder or manic-depression is an illness that was identified properly about 60 years ago. It represents mood swings, at times rapid and violent. Imagine that there are three boundaries. The middle and a left and right. most of us are somewhere in the middle. We at times swing a little to the right (depression) and at times feel a bit turned on (manic). To keep a bi-polar patient in the middle a doctor will use a medication to greatly reduce mood swings to the left.....this is called an anti-psychotic. To keep the patient from swinging to the right....this is called an anti-depressant. Lithum carbonate is generally used to help keep a patient in the middle and to prevent him/her from sliding to the right or left. Although the medical profession doesn't clearly know what causes bi-polar disorder they believe it could be transmitted by a gene from generation to generation. It could be due to hormonal changes but no one is positive on this point. Psychoanalysis can be of help but the main method to keep a patient from swinging is the proper medication. Bi-polar disorder should not be handled by a family doctor or internist. This is a serious illness which should only be handled by a competent psychiatrist who knows a great deal about psycopharmacology.

Answer 3

¬ Well before you start assuming that you have a problem and worrying about it you should really speak with a doctor or mental health professional. If you have already done this then why are you asking a random internet full of strangers instead of requesting information from you Dr. when you were diagnosed? They went through years and years of college and graduate school just so they could help people like you

Answer 4

The most important thing you can do is take your medicine. Once you do you will start to understand things more clearly. Always ask your doctor questions and let him or her know how you are feeling always.You can live a completely normal life with this but you have to do everything the doctor says. Also ask your doctor for pamplets.

Answer 5

Check this out:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm

Keep in mind these days the diagnosis of "bipolar disorder" is being stamped on people left and right, some of whom have it and some of whom don't. Be a skeptical consumer and ask questions of your doctors...don't let them "label" you without giving you hard evidence of WHY they think you have this and what they plan to do to help you. Best wishes!

Answer 6

Try getting the book called "The Depression Workbook" by Copeland. The author is bipolar, and so it's not just about depression. It's about bipolar too.

Answer 7

I lost my step-daughter to bi-polar disorder. She committed suicide. Please don't do that. We were trying to find a medication mix that worked for her, but we didn't get there.

Get a good Psychiatrist and a good Therapist.

Answer 8

Here's a website that may help

Answer 9

hey... i was just yesterday diagonosed with that and some people think its regular depression but its not you have happy days ''highs'' and sad days ''lows'' hope i helped dont worry youll get through it. just be strong.

Answer 10

http://www.bipolar.com/what_is_bipolar/what_is_bipolar.html