What exactly is a bipolar, depressive episode?!


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What exactly is a bipolar, depressive episode?

how often do people with this disorder have these major episodes??


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Hi:

I suffer from Bipolar 1 Severe, anxiety, depression, and more. Bipolar is not a diagnosis that should be taken lightly. It is a serious diagnosis and can at times, be lethal. It is a serious condition.

Here is a quick overview of what Bipolar is.

Years ago people suffering from Bipolar Disorder were diagnosed as "Manic Depressive".

The best way for me to describe Bipolar is:

Imagine you are looking at a globe of the world. There are 3 specific areas to keep in mind and those are the North and South Poles and the Equator.

Equator respresents a "Normal" range
North Pole represents "Mania"
South Pole respesents "Manic Depressive"

The Equator is the normal mood/behavior range and this is where people are stable.

The North Pole or Mania phase of the cycle can be described with symptoms of restlessness, energetic, talkative, reckless, risk taking euphoric, grandois, spending sprees, impulsive/risky sex, BUT Mania can also have a dark side to it maybe things like irritation, confusion, anger, rage, and so on.

The South Pole or Manic Depressive phase are the opposite moods of Mania...sadness, crying, feeling worthless, no energy, no pleasure, either too much sleep or too little sleep and so on.

People with Bipolar Disorder will "Cycle" which is leaving the equator, visiting the north pole, south pole and back home to the equator. The completion of this is what is known as a cycle.

People who have Bipolar will cycle ar different rates and there are different degrees of bipolar. So depending on your degree of Bipolar will depend on the route your cycle takes. People usually cycle in days to weeks, others cycle in a few months and yet others as in my self, I can rapid cycle or long term cycle. I will cycle for long months in Mania and suddenly drop for mong months into depression and finally hopefully the out come will be that I get back to the equator safely.

Here are some links that May help you also:

www.medicinenet.com

www.webmd.com

www.bipolar.org

www.HealthyPlace.com

I hope this helped and should you need anything, please contact me, my information is in my profile please feel free to use it at your choosing

Be safe and be well




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