Bipolar is defined as manic-depressive illness, a psychiatric condition characterized by episodes of mania (exaggerated euphoria) alternating with periods of depression. (http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1680.50558)
I inherited the condition from my father. I am told that at the time there was no treatment other than spending time in a mental institute.
I had 2 aunts and one cousin that also had the disease. They all killed themselves. My days used to begin with me trying to convince myself to get out of bed and go to work. There was a boulder on my chest that I had to lift just to get to the shower. Once I was at work, I would sit at my desk, praying that no one would ask the most dreaded of questions. Inevitably someone would say,
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I would have times when I was in a great mood. I always knew that they would be followed by a deep depression or low. I hated it. I couldn’t enjoy being up. It scared me.
My family and friends tried to understand. I know that most of them hated to be around me. Who wants to be around someone that is always down? I couldn’t tell them why and they needed a reason. They would invite me out in an attempt to cheer me up. I either didn’t want to go or I’d agree and back out at the last minute. It is difficult for people to understand that bipolar is a disease. My body doesn’t produce seratonin. Seratonin aids the body in sleep and keeps Mary a “happy, normal person.” It is like being a diabetic. Diabetics need insulin. It is a chemical imbalance. My body needs seratonin. It, too, is a chemical imbalance. All most people see is depression and to most you should just be able to “snap out of it”. They think you are having a pity party. I suffered all of the classic symptoms:
1. I was always sad or depressed
2. I was tired. I didn’t want to do anything.
3. I couldn’t sleep. I could go to sleep, but I was up every hour on the hour.
4. I went from a size 8 to a size 4. I was 99 lbs.
5. I couldn’t concentrate. I had to call my family to help with decisions. Should I or shouldn’t I?
6. I always felt guilty
3. When the dinner with her husband’s parents was over, she left in such a hurry that she forgot to take her coat with her.
4. “I thought he’d be fine in the end. He was smart. He’d figure out how to paddle a canoe down to Mexico, how to hop freight trains, how to score a bed at inner-city missions. He figured all of
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder known for severe persistent mood instabilities between mania and depression, . It causes unusual changes in mood, energy, and activity levels which makes ability to perform daily tasks very hard. (Concepts Advisory Panel [CAP], 2015). BPD affects more than 2.3 million adult Americans, or 1% of the population. (Guo, Patel, Li, & Keck 2010). There are four basic types of bipolar spectrum; All of them involve clear change in the mood energy, and activity levels (CAP,2015). These mood incidences’ ranges from periods of extremely high and energized behavior known as Manic episodes to very sad, or hopeless periods known as depressive episodes. Bipolar I disorder, the client has at least one episode of manic followed by major depression. Bipolar II disorder, the client has one or more hypomanic and major depressive episodes, the other not so severe and less diagnoses type of Bipolar is chronic mood disorder that lasts more two years with combination of hypomania and dysthymia. (CAP,2015). This paper will go into, Bipolar I, Manic episodes, the pathophysiology, Sign and symptoms, treatments, comorbidity, nursing intervention and nursing and patient therapeutic relationship.
Bipolar disorder, also called a manic-depressive illness, is a common disorder which causes mood swings, lasting periods of depression, and episodes of mania. “Extreme changes in energy, activity, sleep, and behavior go along with these changes in mood” (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2008). A person becomes more goal-oriented and has grandeur visions of success. Patient M shows all these symptoms while talking to her friends and professors in college. She describes herself as a person who is above the two standard genders, what she calls a “third sex”, and who switched souls with a senior senator from her state. The latter belief inspires her to start a political campaign and achieve a high position in the government. She
5. “I survived, but it’s not a happy ending. I was a coward. I went to war.” (61)
5. “I’m blest if it don’t look to me like the truth is better and actuly safer than a lie…I’m a-going to chance it; I’ll up and tell the truth this time.”
2. “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re alll done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.”
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that is characterized by changes in mood. It can lead to risky behavior, damage relationships and careers, and even suicidal outcomes if it’s not treated. Bipolar disorder is more common in older teenagers and young adults, it can affect children as young as 6. Women experience more periods of depression than men. More remains to be learned about this condition that affects millions of people.
3. Which one of the following sentences or phrases is most likely to be considered a cliché?
2. “What could they say that would possible change my life? I was enjoying life just fine. I wasn’t going to become a criminal…I certainly had no interest in becoming
According to Thomas Wheaton the author of “Bipolar Disorder: Agony and the Ecstasy”, having Bipolar disorder is a medical condition which in tales an extra amount of strength and hard work. Bipolar disorder is dealing with the ups and downs of depression and mania all at once. Bipolar disorder can be broken down into three types. First, Bipolar 1, Second, Bipolar 2, Third, Cyclothymic disorder. Bipolar disorder affects over five million people. These three types of Bipolar disorders are found in the DSM4 reference manual. Dealing with bipolar disorder, a person must endure a great deal of medication which can also have side effects. To help cope with these a person can do the following; see a therapist and a psychiatrist. However, to a person
Bipolar Disorder or manic-depressive disorder is a disorder characterized by highs, manias, and lows, depressions, and can therefore be easily distinguished from unipolar depression, a major depressive disorder in DSM-5, by the presence of manic or hypomanic episodes (Miklowitz & Gitlin, 2014). Bipolar disorder is generally an episodic, lifelong illness with a variable course (American Psychiatric Association, 2010). There are two classifications of bipolar disorder; bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. If the episodes are primarily manic but there has been at least one depressive episode, the diagnosis is bipolar I disorder (Early, 2009). If the episodes are primarily depressed but there has been at least one episode of hypomania, increased mood that is more euphoric than normal but not quite manic, the diagnosis is bipolar II disorder (Early, 2009).
I would like to bring attention to increasing cases of bi polar disorder in the youth. Bi polar disorder is increasing day by day in teenagers. It is also present in at least 1 to 2 persons out of every 100 of adults. Many people with Bipolar Disorder never understand the symptoms which results in that they never seek help, end up in jail, cover it up with substance abuse, or never see a clinician long enough who has knowledge and experience about the disorder to recognize it. It is definitely not rare; many cases are in fact being misdiagnosed because of less knowledge about this particular disorder. The people needs to learn about the symptoms, causes and treatments to understand bi polar disorder. Only about 25% of people with any mental
This disease is life long, even when you feel better treatment is still needed. When you seek help from your doctor medication is prescribed to level your mood, when successful the doctor will discuss long-term approaches. Seeking counseling can help, there’s also psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy or transcranial magnetic stimulation. If you want to take a natural approach there’s alternative medicine, the more common ones are Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Magnesium, and St. Johns Wort. There are many ways to get help and seek treatment and the sooner the better before this disease gets
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness affects about 1.2 percent of the U.S. population (8). It is defined by fluctuating states of depression and mania throughout ones life. Those who are depressed may be restless, irritable, have slowed thinking or speech, decreased sexual activity, changes in appetite and sleep patterns, suicidal thoughts as well as other changes. Those in a manic state may have increased activity or energy, more thoughts and faster thinking, grandiose thoughts, decreased sleep and need for sleep, increased sexual activity, elated mood, irritable mood, as well as other symptoms. Mixed state is when both depression and mania are exhibited at the same time in a cycle. Rapid cycling