Anyone who happens to know anything about the bipolar disorder, if you could please comment with links/anything you know, I'd be so grateful. I'm doing research on it because I'm curious.
If your e-mail is turned on, I'm sorry - I was reading my friends list, but I was reading it from my SO's journal since it was all ready up.
Anyway...
It's been a while, but bipolar disorder used to be referred to as "manic depression". A person with bipolar disorder will cycle through manic stages (hyper) and depressive stages.
When in a manic stage, people have a hard time slowing down and separating their thoughts, they are full of energy, and they are fairly euphoric about everything.
When in a depressive stage, they are lethargic, and can be so depressed that they may contemplate suicide or even attempt it.
Bipolar disorder often (if not always) includes hallucinations and delusions, and is commonly treated with Lithium.
And that's all I can remember off of the top of my head. Psych degree, you know, but it's been a while since I've had to put it to use, and I learned about a lot of disorders.
As far as the specifics of bipolar disorder, you should check out the DSM-IV. As for links - I would have to look after work. However, I'm sure that if you google "Bipolar disorder" or "manic depression", you would get a lot of sites.
Anyway...
It's been a while, but bipolar disorder used to be referred to as "manic depression". A person with bipolar disorder will cycle through manic stages (hyper) and depressive stages.
When in a manic stage, people have a hard time slowing down and separating their thoughts, they are full of energy, and they are fairly euphoric about everything.
When in a depressive stage, they are lethargic, and can be so depressed that they may contemplate suicide or even attempt it.
Bipolar disorder often (if not always) includes hallucinations and delusions, and is commonly treated with Lithium.
And that's all I can remember off of the top of my head. Psych degree, you know, but it's been a while since I've had to put it to use, and I learned about a lot of disorders.
As far as the specifics of bipolar disorder, you should check out the DSM-IV. As for links - I would have to look after work. However, I'm sure that if you google "Bipolar disorder" or "manic depression", you would get a lot of sites.
I hope that helped. Good luck with your research.
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