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    Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders
    Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders
    Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders
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    Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders

    By Jeannine Hill

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    Contents
    Understanding Bipolar To Get Help  8
    Why Should I Get Help Anyway? 10
    Why So Many Struggle With Treatment 12
    Learning To Cope With Bipolar Disorder  14
    Why You Should Consider Support Groups  16
    Childhood Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder  18
    What To Do If You Have A Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis  20
    Tips On Recognizing Bipolar Symptom And Its Importance 22
    Treatments For Bipolar Disorder: Getting Rid Of That Monkey On Your Back 24
    The Manifestations Shown By A Bipolar Child Helps In Proper Diagnosis  26
    A Bipolar Overview: Discovering Bipolar 28
    Medicine Or Talk Therapy: Common Bipolar Disorder Treatment 30
    Your Child And Bipolar Disorder: What You Should Know And What You Should Do 33
    Considering A Long-Term Medication For Bipolar? Choose LAMICTAL  35
    Pediatric Bipolar Versus Asperger's Disorder  37
    Tough Yet Rewarding Ways On Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder  39
    Bipolar And Schizophrenia: Are Both Disorders The Same?  43
    What Are The Symptoms Of Bipolar Disorder?  44
    A Complete Guide To Bipolar Illness  46
    Living Your Life In Advantage Even With Bipolar  48
    Helpful Tips To Newcomers On A Bipolar Chat Room  51
    Understanding Bipolar Disorder Symptoms  54
    Bipolar Disorder – Symptoms And Effects  56
    Bipolar II Disorder - 13 Points To Remember 60
    Bipolar Online Quiz 62
    Are You Too Moody Or Are You Going Nuts? Analyze With A Bipolar Test!  66
    Signs & Symptoms in the Depressive Phase 67
    Signs & Symptoms in the Manic Phase 67
    Causes Of Bipolar Disorder – 11 Points To Remember 70
    Understanding The Bipolar Disorder Codes - 18 Codes You Must Know  74
    Medications For Bipolar Disorder – 10 Points To Remember  78
    Bipolar Disorder Among Children – 11 Key Symptoms 81
    CBT To Treat Bipolar Disorder  84
    Treatments For Bipolar Disorder 87
    Understanding Bipolar Disorder – 14 Basic Facts  92
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeannine
    Release dateJul 1, 2018
    ISBN9788828346685
    Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders

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      Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders - Jeannine Hill

      Disorders

      Understanding Bipolar To Get Help

      Most individuals that suffer from bipolar have one goal. That goal is to live a life that is as normal as can be. To get through today without having any emotional problems, to make it

      through the big meeting at work without having people wonder what is wrong with you and to

      simply be able to enjoy your daughter’s graduation are all additional goals that you may have.

      Before you can fully learn to cope with bipolar, you need to fully understand your condition. You need to know what things happen, as best that you can, so that you can then trigger your coping mechanisms to work for you.

      There is no 100 percent sure way of stopping these things from happening to you. But, there are countless things you can learn to do to help you to improve your outlook.

      To get to that point, we will start by giving you all of the information you need about your

      condition so that you can better understand what is happening to you. If you are a family

      member who just wants to help someone that has bipolar, then by all means, you too can learn

      all that you need to in order to deliver the help that you can give to them.

      Bipolar is a condition in which there are extremes in moods and life experiences. There is no

      doubt that bipolar is a health condition that is serious and disabling to those that have it. It is a mental illness and it does require necessary treatment.

      You may have heard bipolar called Manic Depression or that a person suffering from it has a

      manic depressive condition. But, what scientists have come to learn is that manic style behavior is only one extreme of this condition. The other part of it is that of depression. Both of these conditions are vitally serious to your well being and even to your life span and must be treated.

      While doctors do not have a cause for bipolar, they are working on finding one. Along with that, you can be sure that there are many scientists looking for a way to cure the condition. Yet, until that happens, we need to examine what we do know about bipolar and what it does to the

      person that you are.

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      Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders

      For most people bipolar starts when they are just in their teens. Some believe that it is triggered by puberty. Others will not develop this condition until they are in their early adult years. Bipolar can last your life time, too.

      For most individuals, bipolar is a condition that doesn’t happen all of the time. You don’t go in and out of moods ore other experiences within seconds and you don’t do this all of the time

      either. For example, some people will have bouts that last for several weeks. Others will have them for a few months at a time. Although it is possible to have bipolar in which your symptoms flare all of the time, this is really the rare case.

      If you don’t get help for bipolar, your condition is likely to continue to worsen. There is no doubt that depression itself is a killer. Therefore, not getting help is simply not an option. But, the good news is that there are medications, treatments and therapies that can help to reduce the

      symptoms and help you to cope with your condition.

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      Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders

      Why Should I Get Help Anyway?

      Bipolar is a mental illness. It is not like a cold that will go away. It is not like a broken leg which will heal on its own. Without the attention of a professional, your bipolar can and will get worse.

      What happens to you will be unique. There is no way of knowing if your condition will worsen

      quickly or at all. But, research shows that those that do not seek help for their condition will find complications do exist for them and for their family members.

      If you have bipolar, other conditions can make it even worse. For example, if you are trying to deal with anxiety, you will have a hard time doing so because of bipolar. In conditions where this is life threatening, for example if you are suffering from alcoholism, this can be a very serious problem.

      If you can’t keep yourself off of alcohol, then your life may be in danger. Not only will the alcohol cause problems for your health, but bipolar can make you think irrationally and you could put

      yourself in dangerous situations. For this reason, seeking help is a must.

      For some, the length of time between depressive symptoms and mania symptoms can be very

      short. You could move from one symptom to the next quickly, leading to confusion and even

      health scares. This rapid cycling in itself will cause you quite a bit of grief.

      It can get even worse, too. It is possible, believe it or not, to be in a state of depression as well as in mania at the same time. When this happens, the end result is that your mind and emotions are completely wrapped in each other. You are agitated and annoyed. You are unable to sleep

      or eat. You can’t get your thoughts to be organized.

      Even worse, when this happens, people are more likely to think about suicide. This can be very dangerous because people in this state of mind are not thinking rationally at all and can make the wrong decision.

      Another problem is that of psychosis. Bipolar symptoms that combine both mania and

      depression symptoms can lead to psychosis. This is a very serious mental illness in which your personality is completely disorganized. You are impaired with what is real and what is not. You

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      are hallucinating and you are delusional. Even those that very strongly believe in things can end up making decisions the other way.

      Even beyond the physical risks that you place yourself under when you face bipolar, there are

      the just as devastating effects that it has on your relationships.

      Many people with bipolar will have trouble holding onto relationships. They may move from one

      person to the next quickly because of the mood swings that they deal with. In addition, those

      that are suffering from bipolar often times make mistakes with dealing with others. They simply are confused as to what the true emotion is supposed to be during any such situations.

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      Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders

      Why So Many Struggle With Treatment

      Although medication and psychotherapy are methods for dealing with bipolar disorder, many

      times individuals simply will not take them. They stop. They give up. They simply can not stand the entire process of fighting their bodies and minds. They just give up.

      As you can probably imagine, this is simply not the best route for you to take when it comes to caring for your condition. Yet, a vast number of bipolar disorder patients will experience this feeling at some time or another. Why is that?

      Those that take antipsychotic medications and mood stabilizers are often the types of

      medications with the most side effects and therefore the most commonly stopped by the patient.

      Yet, those that just stop taking these medications against their doctor’s recommendations often face a huge problem. They relapse in their symptoms. They are often hospitalized. They end

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