Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it experience dramatic mood swings. They may go from overly energetic, "high" and/or irritable, to sad and hopeless, and then back again. They often have normal moods in between. The up feeling is called mania. more...
Bipolar Disorder Discussions
I am a daughter who's mom is bipolar. Just recently my mother has gotten worse due to my uncle's death. It seems like everytime something traumatic happens in our family, she gets bad. This has been going on ever since I was a little girl i'm now 37 yrs old. It hurts ever much to watch my mother this way.Many people don't understand this illness.It use to be hard to understand mom's illness until I watched a movie called : A Beautiful Mind after watching this it has helped a great deal.
by joannrogersm, 13 replies, updated about 1 month ago.I also am a mother of a son with Bipolar Disorder.I know the concern and the worry and heartbreak that goes along with seeing one you love so much, suffer so badly.My precious son is 27 years old and even though he has not actually made an actual move to harm himself (swallowing nails) he does constantly threaten to harm himself so I do live in daily concern that he might which is terrible.I do not know if you have found the problems I have found with professional help or not but when I tried to get h...
by proudestgranny186, 2 replies, updated 4 months ago.My son is 41 yrs. old and they put him on cymbalta 20mg twice a day. Also on risperdal 0.5mg once a day, At bedtime he takes seroquel 50mg. He had abdominal surgery to remove nails that he swallowed. He had 8 major surgerys in 9 months and finally they had to take out part of the colon. Now doctors say he will not live through another surgery so they will not operate again if he swallows another nail. His depression gets bad and he wants to die but not by his hand. He thinks if he dies in surgery it won...
by patsy2005, 1 replies, updated 5 months ago.Start a new topic about Bipolar Disorder
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it experience dramatic mood swings. They may go from overly energetic, "high" and/or irritable, to sad and hopeless, and then back again. They often have normal moods in between. The up feeling is called mania. The down feeling is depression . Bipolar disorder can run in families. It usually starts in late adolescence or early adulthood. If you think you may have it, tell your health care provider. A medical checkup can rule out other illnesses that might cause your mood changes. Untreated, bipolar disorder can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide . However, there are effective treatments: medicines and "talk therapy". A combination usually works best.
