Bipolar disorder info....PLEASE HELP!!!!?!


Question: Bipolar disorder info!.!.!.!.PLEASE HELP!!!!!?
in my science class we are researching diseases!.
i chose bipolar disorder!.
any helpful information will be greatly appreciatedWww@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
You should google the topic!.

Some issues that are important/interesting:

Bipolar involves very dramatic mood swings, usually over a period of months!. Some people only have a few episodes in their lives, others have mood swings chronically!.

Medication is required to treat this illness!. Counseling and lifestyle changes help a lot, but will not fully stabilize the illness!. However, most people do not ever achieve full stability even with the meds!. Many bipolar meds cause very severe side effects, including severe drowsiness, dramatic weight gain, shaking, and tardive dyskenesia (involuntary muscle twitching in the face, usually)!.

Bipolar is considered to be the most genetic of the mental illnesses!.

Bipolar appears to be linked genetically with creativity!. There is a very high percentage of people with bipolar in the creative arts!.

People with bipolar face serious discrimination from others!. Many people falsly believe folks with bipolar are more likely to be violent, therefore there are gun laws in some states prohibiting people with a bipolar diagnosis from owning a gun, no matter how nice or how stable they are!. People may avoid you, knowing you have such a diagnosis!. Many people have a strange idea that mental illnesses aren't bona fide disorders, that a person somehow is just being weak!. So they blame the victim!.

About 15% of people with bipolar kill themselves!. bipolar is one of the most fatal mental illnesses (I believe anorexia is more commonly fatal & don't know if there are any others)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Bi-Polar is a disease just like diabetes or heart disease and requires medication!. The depressive side of it can send a person to bed without any energy or any hope and some become suicidal!. It is a biological problem with the brain chemical Serotonin!. Those who don't suffer with it have a brain that produces the correct amount of Serotonin!. Those with Bi-Polar have a problem with the production of Serotonin which is the chemical that causes an even mood level!.

The manic phase gives a person an enourmous amount of energy a high they can stay up for days and nights!. Some go on spending sprees, are promiscuous, have crazy ideas and thoughts!. It is a disease that disrupts a persons life without help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Um!.!.!. why don't you try doing some research!? There's this thing called Google that's really good for that!.!.!.

Seriously though, you're going to get a ton of contradictory information on YA!. And you have no way of knowing who here knows what they're talking about, and who doesn't!.

So why don't you try looking up some reliable sources and actually doing your own work!? Besides, I don't think your teacher is going to buy it if you site your sources from "some guy on Yahoo Answers!."Www@Answer-Health@Com





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