Some terminologies used by people to call bipolar are a medical condition or morbidity, bipolar disease, bipolar illness, bipolar disorder and bipolar symptoms.

What is a Disease?

According to the English Dictionary, a disease is A pathological or medical condition of mind or body. On the other hand an Infectious disease is the presence of pathogenic microbial agents. These viruses are called prions which are a known abnormal protein,bacteria, fungi, protozoa and multicellular parasites. If an infection does cause a clinically impairment of normal functioning, it is considered a disease. Of all forms of disease which are non-infectious the most popular are diseases caused by genes, cancer and heart disease.

Clinically Impaired

Even during periods of symptom remission, one of the most obvious signs and growing evidence of adolescents hit with bipolar disease is the mental impairments. Not as severe Bipolar disease falls in the impairments category like Alzheimer dementia and schizophrenia.

Mentally Impaired

A big number of patients complain of neuropsychological problems (a psychological processes and overt behaviors linked to the brain). And it is not clear how common are adolescent who are mentally impaired by bipolar diseases. There is a possibility that neuropsychological impairments may be more widespread, because adolescent bipolar sufferers do not complain of cognitive or mental problems.

Time Frame

Is there a time frame for each episode to occur in a person with bipolar disease? Because all of us are different each person will experience bipolar symptoms differently. This bipolar disease can last from a few minutes to one whole year with some experiencing “normalcy”, which is a lack of problematic symptoms. 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. Other Individuals can experience a transition from one episode to the next without a symptom-free period. Or others periods of double or mixed episodes in which symptoms of depression and mania are either present.

Important Tips

1 . Alcohol: because it can inflate bipolar you must take great care.

2. Promiscuity:  high to very high sexual libido especially when in the manic episode.

3. Medication: finding the right combination of drugs can be difficult for doctors.

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: be really clear with your doctor about what symptoms are bothering you for them to address and diagnose it properly.

Disheartening

A lot of people with adolescent bipolar disease have to be amazingly strong because  many mental health conditions can overlap. The darkness that sometimes wells up out of people struggling with bipolar illness can be a big challenge. For families with bipolar children their hopes, dreams and love with someone like this can be really sad. And then watching the person you love melt away and replaced by a completely different stranger can be disheartening.

Conclusion

Bipolar disease cannot be cured but it can be controlled. For those adolescents suffering from this bipolar disease it is important they and their families be surrounded by a good support network in those difficult times. More importantly, medication must be taken at times allotted so the disease does not add stress to others and also break up existing strained relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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