Lots of people dealing with bipolar do not know or have any idea about bipolar 2 or type 2. What is type 2 anyway? Type 2 disorders comprise of one or more highly persistent depressions accompanied by at least one hypomania or elevated mood, this according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Type 2 reaches only the level of hypomania but not the mania episodes. And 1 reaches a level of severe manic episode.
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It is a very confusing disorder for doctors to be able to diagnose because its boundaries are huge. Doctors have often had mixed feelings and ideas about the different symptoms they encounter. With just one patient, they can go from mania to mixed feelings when diagnosing them. In actual fact people go from type 1 to 2 without fitting into any one of them. One of the problems with wrong diagnosis is that the patient can be under or over medicated making them sluggish. So getting the right treatment is the most fundamental aim of any patient or caregiver.
Hypomania and its Symptoms
The negative thing about hypomania is that it is a part of bipolar disorder and can shift to either a full manic state or depression cycle. These patients do not get themselves into the kind of serious trouble that a bipolar mania do. They tend to call attention to themselves with behavior that hovers on the edge of being unacceptable. People with the symptom can be very pleasant people to be with, highly humorous and entertaining but they can quickly be irritating and hostile. Being around a hypo manic person for very long is fatiguing or distressful.
Start Rating Yourself
Try and rate yourself every chance you get with a mood chart say from 10 to 1, 10 is the high of the highest (mania) and one being lowest of low (depression). The number 5 is when you're feeling normal and not experiencing either depression or mania. Only rate yourself at least once a day when your mind is clear and also important to take note of what medication you took and at what time of the day because like most bipolar patients it can be hard to remember. Rating your mood swings 2 to 3 times a day can be ideal for the doctors to have an idea of where your mood is swinging. Always look for past behaviors compared to the ones you're going through. Keep up your mood chart for a while say 4 to 5 days and the result can be given to your doctor to determine the best medication for you.
More Information
If you want to know what symptoms you are experiencing, you can read it up from pamphlets available at your local mental health centers. Those who have excess to internet find valuable information about bipolar disorder, its symptoms, treatments and online support.
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It is a very confusing disorder for doctors to be able to diagnose because its boundaries are huge. Doctors have often had mixed feelings and ideas about the different symptoms they encounter. With just one patient, they can go from mania to mixed feelings when diagnosing them. In actual fact people go from type 1 to 2 without fitting into any one of them. One of the problems with wrong diagnosis is that the patient can be under or over medicated making them sluggish. So getting the right treatment is the most fundamental aim of any patient or caregiver.
Hypomania and its Symptoms
The negative thing about hypomania is that it is a part of bipolar disorder and can shift to either a full manic state or depression cycle. These patients do not get themselves into the kind of serious trouble that a bipolar mania do. They tend to call attention to themselves with behavior that hovers on the edge of being unacceptable. People with the symptom can be very pleasant people to be with, highly humorous and entertaining but they can quickly be irritating and hostile. Being around a hypo manic person for very long is fatiguing or distressful.
Start Rating Yourself
Try and rate yourself every chance you get with a mood chart say from 10 to 1, 10 is the high of the highest (mania) and one being lowest of low (depression). The number 5 is when you're feeling normal and not experiencing either depression or mania. Only rate yourself at least once a day when your mind is clear and also important to take note of what medication you took and at what time of the day because like most bipolar patients it can be hard to remember. Rating your mood swings 2 to 3 times a day can be ideal for the doctors to have an idea of where your mood is swinging. Always look for past behaviors compared to the ones you're going through. Keep up your mood chart for a while say 4 to 5 days and the result can be given to your doctor to determine the best medication for you.
More Information
If you want to know what symptoms you are experiencing, you can read it up from pamphlets available at your local mental health centers. Those who have excess to internet find valuable information about bipolar disorder, its symptoms, treatments and online support.
About the Author:
Ken P Doyle is an advocate for bipolar disorder and has a wealth of knowledge on mental illness. As an advocate he would like to share some excellent information and data on bipolar bipolar 2 and bipolar symptoms.
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