Bipolar Disorder by https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg Made with my Brain en-us 2017-05-25 23:46:19 UTC 2024-11-23 23:12:22 UTC hello@padlet.com omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173916683 2017-05-25 23:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173916683 omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173916767 2017-05-25 23:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173916767 More Facts omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173916978 Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

There are four basic types of bipolar disorder; all of them involve clear changes in mood, energy, and activity levels. These moods range from periods of extremely “up,” elated, and energized behavior (known as manic episodes) to very sad, “down,” or hopeless periods (known as depressive episodes). 
]]> 2017-05-25 23:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173916978 Facts omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173917052 Bipolar “mood episodes” include unusual mood changes along with unusual sleep habits, activity levels, thoughts, or behavior. People may have manic episodes, depressive episodes, or “mixed” episodes. A mixed episode has both manic and depressive symptoms.]]> 2017-05-25 23:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173917052 Symptoms omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173917846
Bipolar “mood episodes” include unusual mood changes along with unusual sleep habits, activity levels, thoughts, or behavior. People may have manic episodes, depressive episodes, or “mixed” episodes. A mixed episode has both manic and depressive symptoms. These mood episodes cause symptoms that last a week or two or sometimes longer. During an episode, the symptoms last every day for most of the day.


Mood episodes are intense. The feelings are strong and happen along with extreme changes in behavior and energy levels.

People having a manic episode may:
  • Feel very “up” or “high”
  • Feel “jumpy” or “wired”
  • Have trouble sleeping
  • Become more active than usual
  • Talk really fast about a lot of different things
  • Be agitated, irritable, or “touchy”
  • Feel like their thoughts are going very fast
  • Think they can do a lot of things at once
  • Do risky things, like spend a lot of money or have reckless sex
People having a depressive episode may:
  • Feel very “down” or sad
  • Sleep too much or too little
  • Feel like they can’t enjoy anything
  • Feel worried and empty
  • Have trouble concentrating
  • Forget things a lot
  • Eat too much or too little
  • Feel tired or “slowed down”
  • Have trouble sleeping
  • Think about death or suicide
]]> 2017-05-26 00:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173917846 Sources omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173919285 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/the-problem-with-how-we-treat-bipolar-disorder.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/the-problem-with-how-we-treat-bipolar-disorder.html?pagewanted=all

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/why-i-keep-my-bipolar-disorder-secret-at-work/278931/

https://www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar.html

https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder]]> 2017-05-26 00:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173919285 Treatments omiguel17 https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173919830 Bipolar disorder can be treated. It's a long-term condition that needs ongoing care.
People who have four or more mood episodes in a year, or who also have drug or alcohol problems, can have forms of the illness that are much harder to treat.]]> 2017-05-26 00:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/omiguel17/f5cnhyw0lxsg/wish/173919830