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
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Ok, so I grabbed a link (even though I'm at work).
This would probably be the most informative site. It's the National Institute of Mental Health. They should have the most recent information and informative links.
My really close friend Justin has bipolar disorder, erm I could give you a little bit of a background on him kind of? I don't know if it will help but I thought I'd at least try
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i luv that anna nalick song, and bipolar means u change moods real fast, i think. my brothers say it all the time cuz i get mad at them wen i was happy a second ago. well thats beuz they comment on my butt...so i dont know if thats a reliable sourse
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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 ( ... )
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This would probably be the most informative site. It's the National Institute of Mental Health. They should have the most recent information and informative links.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm
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