Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and How to Cope Them

Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and how to overcome them. After Catherine Zeta Jones knows her husband, actor Michael Douglas was diagnosed with throat cancer last year, she stressed. And had to undergo special treatment in a psychiatric hospital last week for having Bipolar Disorder. Catherine Zeta Jones spent five days in the hospital to get special treatment. Now, the artist who received an award as best supporting actress Oscar, claimed to have recovered and ready to launch all of its activities this week. (People Magazine)

Bipolar Disorder is one of a very serious disease, usually referred to also as Manic Depression. The Bipolar Disorder sufferers usually have a very unstable and mood swings, accompanied by specific symptoms.

Causes of Bipolar Disorder.

Bipolar Disorder is caused by the imbalance “key chemicals” (main chemicals) in our brain. Our brain consists of billions of nerve cells that constantly convey information from one cell to another cell. To maintain a stable flow of information from cell to cell, the brain produces a fluid called “neurotrnasmitters”. Two neurotransmitters are necessary for brain function are dopamine and serotonin, which plays an important role in emotional health.

The experts, believe that if one of the order of neurotransmitters are not balanced, it will result in Bipolar Disorder. For example, if too high the amount of dopamine in certain parts of our brain, it will cause symptoms of hallucinations, but when dopamine is too low, it will cause symptoms of a lack of energy.

Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder :

If someone suggests something beyond reason, we can seen as symptoms of bipolar (manic depression). In this type of disorder there are two episodes or phases (manic and depression) that each in turn.

Symptoms are easily observed, among others :

1. Manic phase :

• excessive behavior
• excessive pride
• ideas lope
• increased activity, expansive
• irritability
• hyperactivity
• talking very fast
• excessively happy moods
• reduced need for sleepeasily distracted attention

2. Depression phase :

• disturbed appetite
• fatigue
• feel guilty
• interest and excitement missing
• feeling depressed or sad
• easy to cry
• desperate
• pessimistic, feeling useless
• difficulty concentrating
• body weight increase / decrease significantly
• sleep disturbance (insomnia or hypersomnia)
• frequent thoughts of suicide. This is the most dangerous.

Bipolar Disorder that has 4 types, namely :

1. Depression – On this episode is typical for a patient experiencing prolonged grief, they even do not want to get out of bed, eat or enjoy daily activities as usual.
2. Mania – This episode is the other side of Bipolar Disorder. Mania usually starts with a good feeling very high. Make the patient angry and offended easily, so often do something which the risk is very high, tend to do things interchangeable endanger the lives of the patient.
3. Hypomania – is a more mild episodes of mania episode. In this episode the patient has a good feeling by doing all sorts of activities, but good feeling it may at any moment turn into mania or depression. Hypomania is usually different from mania because it is not concerned about jobs or family and tend to be difficult to detect.
4. Mixed Mood – The patient experienced episodes of Mania and Depression repeatedly, sometimes in the same time.

How to cope with Bipolar Disorder ?

That is by consulting a psychiatrist who is an expert in this field, through medication and therapies that regular people with Bipolar Disorder can be ascertained to live their daily lives as normal.
But besides that, a positive moral support from family and the environment are also urgently needed to build the confidence of the patient. So little by little, this disease can be eroded, do not ever spit negative things to the patient, because it will create a severe state of the patient who already have symptoms of depression, because it is like sprinkling salt on the wound. Let alone people with Bipolar Disorder, normal people like we too need positive support from people around to keep from falling into depression.

In addition to a beautiful artist Catherine Zeta Jones, some hollywood artists, including Robbie Williams, Kerry Katona and Stephen Fry have experienced the same thing that is, the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.