Bipolar disorder (GB) is characterized by changes in the two poles of the mood-from super-happy to very sad- drastically and repeatedly. Like a surfer, everyone has the ability to ride a 'wave of mood' that sometimes goes up and down sometimes. The difference, if normal people can finally pass through it smoothly and again feel calm, but for people with GB, they can get out of control. In practice, diagnosing bipolar disorder is not easy. Views of people with GB are relatively variable. The people around them did not initially think this was a serious annoyance. At first glance they are only considered "lebay" alias excessive. Well, if you or your loved ones experience these 10 signs, it's time to check into the expert, the psychiatrist.
Experienced a very good mood
Bipolar sufferers will experience episodes of mania and depression. Mania is an episode up (or someone feels at the highest level of mood) and depression is the opposite. But before going to mania, bipolar sufferers will experience hypomania phase, which is experiencing excessive energy to do something. "They will have a lot of energy and creativity, and they experience uforia," said Dr. Carrie Bearden, PhD, associate professor in residence of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and psychology at David Gaften Scool of Medical at UCLA.
Inability to accomplish many things
Every time you experience a hypomania phase, the patient will start a new project. But he had trouble finishing everything he had started. This causes a lot of projects or jobs that pile up and people with difficulty resolving it due to the rise and fall of the drastic mood. "They will be easy to start millions of things and will never finish them," said Don Malone, MD, director of the Center for Behavioral Health and chair of the psychiatry department at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Too many ideas hanging around
In the manic phase (mania), bipolar sufferers will have a lot of ideas that roam the head that can not be controlled. But bipolar sufferers do not know or do not admit that they can not control the minds of those who are always wandering around.
Experiencing Depression
Depression experienced by bipolar sufferers will be similar to the depression experienced by normal humans. "They have the same problems in energy, sleep, and focus," says Dr. Malone. However, ordinary antidepressant drugs have no effect on bipolar patients. "For people with bipolar, antidepressants are dangerous because they can trigger people to enter the mania phase," Dr. Malone.
Easy to hurt
A person with bipolar disorder will find it easier to feel hurt. For example he had a bad day for one thing, then he would feel hurt all day and could not control it. Even this can disrupt relationships with others.
Too much talk
There are some people who are born with a lot of talkative conditions. But in bipolar patients, they talk like they are not in a two-way conversation. Dr. Bearden says, if you try to interrupt a bipolar patient then he will stop you and he will continue to talk. He even changed the topic of conversation without a clear direction. But this will happen if the patient is in the manic phase or mania.
Troubled at work
From the various symptoms seen, it is clear that bipolar sufferers will lose productivity in work. They will be easily hurt so that relationships with colleagues get worse, they will have trouble sleeping when depressed, will experience an increase in the ego when in the manic phase. However, the high level of problem in the work will be very personal depending on how far this has disturbed the life of the patient personally.
Alcohol dependence
As many as 50% of bipolar sufferers are dependent on alcohol and drugs. Many patients drink alcohol in the manic phase to make themselves more 'calm' and vice versa, drinking alcohol in the depressive phase if depressed. As if alcohol can solve the problem.
Inconsistent behavior
People with bipolar sufferers will have a very high level of confidence when in the manic phase and will have a minder while in the depression phase. Even in the manic phase, bipolar sufferers can sleep (and have sex) with anyone who he thinks is attracted to him. When the manic phase ends, they will behave sexually as usual, returning with their own partner.
Sleep disturbance
During a depressive phase, bipolar sufferers sleep too much, but in the manic phase they will sleep less but they do not realize it. So Dr. Bearden always recommends bipolar patients to schedule regular bedtime.
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