If a psycatrist prescripes risperidone to a patient does it mean he/she has a bi!


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If a psycatrist prescripes risperidone to a patient does it mean he/she has a bi polar disorder?

can teenagers suffer from bi polar disorder and what are the symptoms?


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Bipolar disorders are one of several medical conditions called depressive disorders. Depressive disorders affect the way a person's brain functions. The disorders goes by many names, manic depression, manic-depressive disorder, manic-depressive illness, bipolar mood disorder, and bipolar affective disorder are other medical terms for the same condition. Bipolar disorder affects both men and women. For many people, the first symptoms show up in their early twenties, though research has shown that the first episode of bipolar disorder is occurring earlier: The condition often shows up in adolescence, and even children can have the disorder. kids and teens with bipolar disorder don't always have the same behavioral patterns that adults with bipolar disorder do. Kids who have bipolar disorder may experience particularly rapid mood changes and may have some of the other mood related symptoms such as irritability and high levels of anxiety. But they may not show other symptoms that are more commonly seen in adults. A person with bipolar disorder will go through episodes of mania (highs) and at other times experience episodes of depression (lows). These aren't the normal periods of happiness and sadness that everyone experiences from time to time. Instead, the episodes are intense or severe mood swings. Risperidone is usually used to help treat illnesses or conditions such as psychosis, schizophrenia and hypomania. It can also used to help confusion, dementia, behaviour problems. Smaller doses can be used to help treat anxiety, tension and agitationm, especially in older people. Risperidone is also used to treat behavior problems such as aggression and sudden mood changes in teenagers. It has been shown that low dose risperidone improves a broad range of behavioral and social symptoms.




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