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What do you know about Bipolar disorder ? What is the experience of
? Will bipolar cause people to lose their normal ability to live and work? Is there necessarily violence in bipolar?
This article lists 10 facts about bipolarity. I hope these can be used as 10 clues to help everyone quickly establish an understanding of bipolar disorder, and eliminate the stigma of mental health problems in understanding and discussion.
01, clinical name
Bipolar disorder , sometimes it is also used to call it early clinical name, namely "bipolar disorder" .
Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder . This mental disorder greatly affects the quality of life of children or adult patients.
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02. There are three subtypes of bipolar disorder
▨ Type I bipolar disorder
This is the most well-known subtype. The diagnostic criteria are that an individual has had a manic attack and a depression attack. symptoms are very strong . If not treated, hospitalization is often required.
▨ Ⅱ bipolar disorder
Ⅱ bipolar disorder is sometimes called "soft bipolar" , which involves a milder manic symptom, namely "hypomanic" . To meet diagnostic criteria, an individual must have had an hypomanic attack and a depression attack.
▨ cyclic mood disorder
individuals showed hypomania and mild depression symptoms. attacks tend to last shorter for each attack , but it occurs multiple times within at least two years.
03. About mania
The core of mania lies in the fact that Emotion, energy, or physical activity are all at a high level (emotion, energetic, and physical activity are high) . The specific diagnosis of the subtype of bipolar disorder will depend on the specific manifestation of manic symptoms.
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Mania is a "peak" state. In this state, symptoms such as excessive physical activity, lack of order, reduced sleep demand, easy impulsiveness, violent emotional reactions, euphoria, decreased judgment, irritability, free thinking, extremely fast speech, loose associations, think that one can do everything, and high sexual desire will occur.
mania can also develop to a more extreme level. The symptoms that will occur at this time include disorders of orientation (misunderstanding of the environment and your own conditions), association disorders (confusion in thinking and speech), hallucinations, delusions and violent behaviors, etc. mania greatly interferes with the patient's daily life.
Hypomania is a condition similar to mania, but the symptoms are milder. Symptoms include high mood, increased physical activity, reduced sleep demand, and relaxed thinking, but will not cause major damage to a person's work, study or social functions.
04, attack period
patients with bipolar disorder will experience an abnormal and violent emotional state, and their occurrence period is called the attack period. The state of overexcited is called a manic attack or hypomanic attack, while a state of extreme sadness or hopelessness is called a depressive attack.
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05, mixed state
patients can experience mania/hypomania and depression at the same time. This is called a hybrid state. Patients in a mixed state may feel very sad and hopeless, but also feel very energetic.
06, Emotional Circulation
patients with bipolar disorder will experience two types of emotional cycles.
▨ Quick cycle
Mania-depression or hypomania-depression cycle, which occurs four or more times a year.
▨ ultra-fast cycle
is different from the rapid cycle that occurs every few months. Patients who experience "super-fast cycle" may experience a surprise attack of manic-depressive or hypomanic-depressive cycle every week or even every few hours.
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07, Drug Treatment
Scientific research shows that drug treatment is crucial to the treatment of bipolar disorder . Specifically, it is recommended to take mood stabilizers and antidepressant at all stages of treatment—this is true for children and adults.
08, psychological counseling
While undergoing drug treatment, patients are also advised to receive psychological counseling to control bipolar disorder. Recommended evidence-based psychological counseling therapy includes: cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy , family therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy and psychological education .
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09, Self-care
5 Live with bipolar disorder, and patients consciously manage this chronic disease .
It is important to learn how to take care of yourself. In addition to eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy sleep cycle and exercising, it is also helpful to leave time to take care of your mind, body and soul.
10, persistent care
Bipolar disorder is a disease in which can be treated . With the right diagnosis and treatment, people with bipolar disorder can live a healthy, meaningful life.
However, studies have shown that up to 50% of patients give up psychological counseling and/or drug treatment.
feels better. Missing the extremely happy euphoric moments, or dislike the side effects of the medication, is often the reason why they give up treatment.
Result, many people will experience the worsening of symptoms and difficulties in quality of life will continue. Continuous care is an important factor in the successful recovery of people with bipolar disorder and needs to be given priority.
above is all the content of this popular science article.
Finally, we want to say that, in any case, Jin Xiaoyu's experience is just an example of bipolar disorder. In fact, everyone's symptoms and manifestations will be different.
see and talk about it for better understanding . We hope that based on scientific basis, we will continue to eliminate the stigma of mental health problems.
·This article is compiled, author: Deborah Serani Psy.D.
original link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/two-takes-depression/201901/10-things-know-about-bipolar-disorder
