Extreme mood swings, such as manic or hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes, are symptoms of bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression.
These mood swings can impact sleep, energy, activity, judgment, behavior, and the capacity to think clearly. When your mood shifts to depression or hypomania (less severe than mania), you may feel gloomy or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities.
While most people experience some emotional symptoms in between episodes, some people may not, mood swing episodes can happen infrequently or several times a year.
The majority of the time, bipolar disorder is treated with medications and psychological counseling (psychotherapy), despite the fact that it is a lifelong condition, you can manage your mood swings and other symptoms by adhering to a treatment plan.
Symptoms
There are various forms of bipolar disorders, including mania, hypomania, and depression, as well as related conditions. Symptoms can lead to erratic changes in mood and behavior, which can cause great distress and make life difficult.
- Bipolar I disorder.You’ve experienced at least one manic episode, which may have been preceded or followed by hypomanic or major depressive episodes. Mania may occasionally result in a dissociative state (psychosis).
- Bipolar II disorder.However, you’ve never experienced a manic episode. Instead, you’ve had at least one major depressive episode and one hypomanic episode.
- Cyclothymic disorder.You’ve experienced frequent episodes of depressive symptoms (though less severe than major depression) for at least two years, or one year in children and teenagers.
- Other types.Bipolar disorder and other related disorders that are brought on by specific drugs or alcohol or by a medical condition like Cushing’s disease, multiple sclerosis, or stroke are a few examples of these.
Mania and hypomania
Mania is more severe than hypomania and causes more obvious problems at work, school, and social activities, as well as relationship difficulties. Mania may also result in a break from reality (psychosis) and require hospitalization. Mania and hypomania are two different types of episodes, though they share the same symptoms.
Three or more of the following symptoms are present in both manic and hypomanic episodes:
- Unusual euphoria, jitteriness, or euphoria
- increased energy, agitation, or activity
- excessive feelings of happiness and self-assurance (euphoria)
- Decreased need for sleep
- Unusual talkativeness
- Racing thoughts
- Distractibility
- Making poor decisions, such as going on shopping binges, taking sexual risks, or making stupid investment decisions
Causes
Although there is no known cause for bipolar disorder, there are a number of potential culprits, including:
- Biological differences.Although the significance of these changes in bipolar disorder patients’ brains is still unknown, they may eventually help identify causes.
- Genetics.Researchers are searching for genes that may play a role in the development of bipolar disorder, which is more prevalent in people who have a first-degree relative with the disorder, such as a sibling or parent.
Complications
Bipolar disorder has serious side effects that can negatively impact all facets of your life if untreated, including:
- Alcohol and drug abuse-related issues
- Suicide or suicide attempts
- Legal or financial problems
- Damaged relationships
- poor performance at work or in school
Treatment
You may have a treatment team that includes a psychologist, social worker, and psychiatric nurse. The best person to direct your treatment is a medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions (psychiatrist) who is knowledgeable about treating bipolar and related disorders.
Treatment for bipolar disorder is aimed at managing symptoms and may include one or more of the following, depending on your needs:
- Medications.In order to balance your moods, you frequently need to start taking medications right away.
- Continued treatment.People with bipolar disorder must take medications for the rest of their lives, even when they are feeling better, as skipping maintenance treatment puts them at risk of relapsing into full-blown mania or depression or having mild mood swings develop into them.
- Day treatment programs.Your doctor might suggest enrolling in a day treatment program, which offers the guidance and support you require as you manage your symptoms.
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Lilium Tigrinum
When a patient exhibits great hurry without any ambition or aim, that is another characteristic to look out for when choosing Lilium Tigrinum. The patient requiring this medication usually has a heart or uterine disease associated with the mental symptoms. is very helpful in treating increased energy levels in Bipolar Disorder where the main symptom is extreme restlessness and difficulty in sitting still at one place.
Cannabis Indica
Useful for mania, where the patient experiences episodes of uncontrollable laughing at every word said, even if it isn’t funny, and excessive talkativeness, where the patient’s mind is overloaded with ideas at once and causes them to speak without remembering what they were going to say.
Ignatia Amara
When there is a history of long-held grief, such as the death of a family member or close friend, or in cases where the disease has originated after unfulfilled love affections or from suppressed emotions, or in cases where the disease has been caused by long-held grief, such as the death of a family member or close friend, it is useful for insomnia with great sadness experienced by a patient in the depressive phase of bipolar disorder.
Aurum Metallicum
Useful for treating depression in bipolar disorder patients who have a predominance of suicidal thoughts, a sense of worthlessness, and persistent suicidal thoughts.
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