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What Is Bipolar Disorder
What is bipolar disorder? William Lawson: Bipolar disorder is probably a group of disorders but we like to look at it as one disorder that's characterized by mood swings and the mood swings can vary from going from a mania being so impulsive and o...
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How to Treat Bipolar Disorder
That very first thing I want to emphasize is that in individuals who have poor disorder generally are going to require treatment. The extremes of manic episodes usually lead people to have different qualities. It can be difficulties where they get...
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Learn About Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar illnesses comprise of depressive episodes, as well as, distinct manic episodes. And briefly in a manic episode it can be thought short hand as the opposite of depression. When somebodies depressed they think nothings going to work out with...
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The Journey Toward Recovery from Depression and Bipolar Disorder
The Road To Recovery: Carroll Young: I was given treatment unvoluntarily. I reported police that, there was a fire, of course there wasn't. And I think that I have to give a police credit, they could see that there was something missing there and ...
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Learn About Bipolar Disorder Manic Episodes
Its important to recognize that the way that psychiatric disorders are characterized is a Chinese manual approach so often you need to have two or five or four or nine or some number of a full list of symptoms so its important to understand that w...
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Learn About the Different Types of Bipolar Disorders
So bipolar 1 disorder includes depressive episodes and also manic episodes which are the full extreme of the elevated moods. Individuals have limitless energy, limitless confidence and end up getting themselves into trouble either by taking on too...
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Why Is Bipolar Disorder Frequently Misdiagnosed
Jennifer Matthews: Sam Clanton is a tough 3-year-old. He was born with Peter's Anomaly -- a disease marked by distorted corneas -- that left him blind. Yvonne Clanton: When he opened his eyes, we saw that there was just something terribly wrong. J...
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The Road to Recovery from Bipolar
Joanie Tourison: In order to take care of my illness daily, I have been very fortunate. I take medication in the night and when I wake up, and I do it daily. Kenneth Rommel Gillard: I went through several medicines and it didn't work and so with t...
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Learn About Bipolar Disorder's Mixed Episodes
There's a lot of confusions surrounding what a Mixed Episode is and let me start out by saying that according to the Diagnostic manual somebody who has a Mixed Episode meets criteria for both depressive symptoms of a Depressive Episode at the same...
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What Is Written in a Bipolar Blog
Jennifer Matthews: Sam Einsidler looks perfectly healthy now. But less than a year ago, doctors told his mother he might not survive a terrible car accident. Terri Einsidler: I said, 'Is there a chance he could die? And he said, 'Absolutely.' Jenn...
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Relieving Bipolar Depression
Jennifer Matthews: Roxann and Robert Chokan enjoy the simple act of picking raspberries in their j garden. Since they married more than 30 years ago, life has been anything but simple. Robert has bipolar disorder, a serious mood condition that cau...
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The Genetic Risk Factors for Bipolar Disorder
Jennifer Matthews: Janik's son is his pride and joy, but this dad isn't as carefree as most. Janik Pawlik: I can't do the things that all the fathers may do like, I don't give him paybacks. Jennifer Matthews: Janik has MS. His immune system attack...
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The Signs That Led to My Depression Diagnosis
Female Speaker: Host: There are about 23 million people in the United States who are estimated to have been diagnosed or living with a mood disorder of some kind depression or bipolar illness. Female Speaker: My diagnosis is bipolar disorder. Male...
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What Events Led to Your Diagnosis
Female Speaker: There are about 23 million people in the United States who are estimated to have been, diagnosed or living with a mood disorder of some kind of, depression or bipolar illness. Patient1: My diagnosis is Bipolar disorder. Patient2: B...
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What Were Your Bipolar Disorder Symptoms
I was kind of like the weird kid, like the kid who just is out there and just has like three different personalities every week. It's just so confusing and it's so hard to describe and point out to other people, because it's not a very common thin...
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Taking Depression Medication
The question about who takes depression medication is complicated because the terminology can be so confusing. Medications that are called anti-depressants, while they are used to treat depression, they're also used appropriately to treat a lot of...
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Learn About Mood Disorders
When you're talking about a mood disorder, you may be just trying to classify 1 of the 3 major areas of psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric disorders can basically be broken up into psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, and mood disorders. Mood d...
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