Thursday, June 25, 2009

Understanding Adolescent Bipolar Disease

By Ken P Doyle

Different people have different use of words. Some people might call bipolar disease by bipolar illness, bipolar disorder,bipolar symptoms or a medical condition.

What is a Disease?

The meaning of a disease according the English Dictionary, A pathological or medical condition of mind or body, A disease which is infectious has the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, prions which are a known abnormal protein protozoa and multicellular parasites. Not considered a disease if an infection does not cause a clinicall impairment of normal functioning. Of all forms of non infectious disease the most popular are cancer, disease caused by genes and heart disease.

Impaired Clinically

When adolescents are hit with bipolar disease, one of the most obvious signs and growing evidence is that individuals have mental impairments, even during periods of symptom remission. Bipolar disease falls in the impairments category like Alzheimer dementia and schizophrenia, but they are not as severe.

Cognitive impairment

It is unclear how common mental impairment among adolescent bipolar diseases happens. Quite a big number of people complain of neuropsychological problems (a psychological processes and overt behaviors linked to the brain). It is believed that because adolescent bipolar sufferers do not complain of mental problems, there is a possibility that these mental impairments may be more widespread.

Time for Bipolar Episodes

What is the time frame for each episode to occur in a person with bipolar disease? We are all different so there is no time frame in this ongoing illness. It can go from manic to calm to depressive to calm again. For some it can be 2 days manic than 3 to 4 weeks all good calm and normal and 5 days depressing and 1 week of calm and normal again. This bipolar disease can last from a few minutes to one whole year with some experiencing "normalcy", which is a lack of problematic symptoms. Other Individuals can experience periods of double or mixed episodes in which symptoms of depression and mania are either present, or a person may transit from one episode to the next without a symptom-free period.

Important Guidelines

1. Alcohol:AC be careful, it can inflate the bipolar disease.

2. Promiscuity: Sexual thoughts to acting out can be high to very high especially when in the manic episode.

3. Medication: It is not easy for doctors to find the right combination of drugs " do not be disheartened.

4. Suicidal: For some it is the only way out of the situation. Look for injuries especially cuttings on the body.

5. Forcing: When patients refuse to do anything do not force them or you may be faced with an angry person.

6. Clarity: Your doctor should know all the symptoms that are bothering you for them to address and diagnose.

Disheartening

Symptoms of bipolar can overlap for many mental health conditions. People with adolescent bipolar disease have to be amazingly strong because the darkness that sometimes wells up out of people struggling with bipolar illness can be overpowering. Hopes, dreams and love can be shattered just by watching the person you love melt away and replaced by a completely different person.

Finally

Bipolar can be controlled successfully and those suffering from the disease and their families must have excess to a support network in those difficult times. Most of the time if medication is taken as prescribed patients can live a normal life without adding stress to families or a partner.

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