Bipolar

[puddin9]

Please explain to me what bipolar is.

[LetaB]

Look above your question on this page. There's your short list of symptoms. You can get a definition on line - try Wikipedia.

[monkeyc]

There is a wealth of information in this forum, website and on google.

As a beginner try here : http://www.bipolar.com.au/understanding/

Is there a person in your life you are asking with this in mind?

[ILADVOCATE]

There are so many different varities of bipolar as well from cyclothymia (mild bipolar) to bipolar with psychotic features to schizoaffective which is schizophrenia with aspects of bipolar (what I have and have recovered from). Too complex to discuss in a post but I'd answer specific questions. Go to "Depression Central" (for all mood disorders) for more comprehensive information. Its a great resource.

[kukusik]

Ladvocate i haver  been on this forum not for a long time but been watching your post all the way, and this is the the shortest comment you have written...lol...well i am manic stage now so i take it positevely...sitting with a friend now and she tells me to shut up , but i just CANT u know what i mean!!!!!! i ahve a million thought running through my head now! and i took double dose of my meds now! doesnt help! i love it and hate it!


Puddin9!t
this one of the stages bipolar go through, hypomanic or manic!!! and the depression follows! i am always rapindly cycling and rearely get the "normal" state! i thought i was cool today but i jsut hit the manic stage and expecting the depression to hit! dunno when though!!!! look i am still talking ! cant stop!!! and my friend she doesnt know i am BP she said whats wrong with you? lol how can i say to her.! i am not going too!  
hey go to bipolarworld.com there is a lot of information! just google it!

hope it helps! someone calm me down!!!!!!!!!!!


love .peace.cheerz

[LeftCoastChick]

It looks like you are looking for info for Global Dementia as well, are you checking the web out, Google it, you'll find loads.

[Delusion]

Im lazy and cant be bothered to write sooo im going to do the next best thing and paste my revision notes from when i was back at school lol you go. (sorry if its robotic i was 16)

Formerly known as ‘Manic-Depressive Disorder’

Like the former name suggests sufferers of Bipolar disorder have persistent mood swings between states of elevated mood known as ‘mania’ to lowered mood states involving deep depression.

During the individuals depressed mood period they will suffer from many of the symptoms of Unipolar depression however when their mood switches to mania they will have an extremely elevated mood.

During a manic stage the sufferer can feel unjustified high self-esteem as well as a increased level of talkativeness.

There have been numerous concordance rates of Bipolar with creativity and intelligence. It is thought that many of the world’s top scientific and philosophical thinkers may have suffered bipolar depression.

Some sufferers of bipolar disorder may also suffer some psychotic features such as hallucinations or delusions that can be either mood-congruent or non-mood-congruent.

However it is a lot more common for sufferers of bipolar disorder to have a delusional belief system rather than hallucinations.