Biopolar Disorders Insiders Reports

All About Bipolar Manic Depression
Michalis Kotzakolios

Bipolar manic depression is a disorder that causes people to fall into deep states of sadness for extended periods of time. Why is this a disorder when people are expected to feel depressed from time to time, you might ask? It's because with bipolar manic depression, such sadness is not accompanied by any reason whatsoever. They just suddenly feel sad. Ask them why and they'll have but one answer: "I don't know."

Now such an occurrence happens regularly, but with bipolar disorder, the depressions strike often, though they may not be continuous. A person may feel depressed today, for example, and feel better tomorrow. But after the lapse of one week, he'd feel depressed again. Such is the nature of bipolar disorder, which makes it a mental disease that can truly be perilous. People who find themselves depressed ever so regularly have greater chances of straining their existing relationships with loved one, ruining their long established careers, or, in extreme scenarios, commit suicide.

Bipolar manic depression can be cured, but not through any prescribed medicines. No medicinal solution exists for the disorder. What is recommended is therapy sessions couple with medication. Therapy can come in the form of one-on-one sessions with a psychologist, or in moderated group sessions with people suffering from the same condition. This may take some time, often years, as the patient will have to be taught some self-monitoring skills as well as some self-reinforcing tactics. These cannot be taught overnight.

So for the time being, people who are suffering from bipolar manic depression are asked to take some medication, usually in the form of anti-depressants. These medicines are meant to cushion the effects of extreme depression whenever they strike. In most territories, anti-depressants are highly regulated medicines. There is a grave danger of abuse here. People may use them without proper prescription otherwise, and they'd just get dependent on the same. Anti-depressants are reserved only for extreme cases, such as the depression felt by bipolar disorder patients.

On a lighter note, people who are suffering from bipolar disorder are in good company. The likes of famous celebrities such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ben Stiller, Carrie Fisher, Linda Hamilton, Axl Rose and Sting are known bipolar disorder patients. Aside from the disorder, they're perfectly healthy, which should tell us that the condition, though will provide some rough times ahead, will not really hurt us. Its perils lie on what we do with ourselves in the midst of manic episodes.

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