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Bipolar disorder or manic-depressive disorder or bipolar affective disorder is a mood disorder in which the patient experiences abnormal energy levels, cognition and depression state. The elevated moods are called mania and milder one is hypomania. The suppressed state of mood is depression. Some people experience alternate state of mania and depression and is called rapid cycling.
Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder and Mixed Bipolar Disorder are the four types of bipolar disorder. This is based on the nature and severity of mood episodes experienced.
Bipolar disorder treatment generally involves administering of mood stabilizers to prevent or mitigate manic or depressive moods. Most of the moods stabilizing medicine are more efficient for mania disorders while a few are efficient for depressive disorders. These drugs have side affects mainly gaining weight. The other side effects are gastrointestinal upset, memory loss. So the medications should be administered in low doses so that the side affects can be avoided or minimized.
Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers, atypical antipsychotic drugs, mood stabilizers are pharmacological drugs given for the disorder. Besides pharmacological technique, psychological technique is also available. Electro convulsive therapy, giving omega 3 fatty acid enriched foods, ketogenic diet, and cannabinoids. Thus taking healthy foods like omega fatty acid will also be a psychological cure for bipolar disorder. Stress reduction is also one of the psychological techniques. This increase positive emotions and increases the person’s confidence level. This helps people to recover from the disorder. As a result they get confidence and help other person who is having the same disease. They can other persons in their family also. Bipolar disorder treatment is normally by self medications.
There are self tests available for people to know the extent of disorder. Scores are given for the test. Based on that the psychiatrists can continue the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder and the drug dose can be decided. This test not only gives the person the stage of disorder but also whether he is having the disease or not. The self test is called as black dog bipolar test. So complications can be avoided from being serious. Proper diagnosis can be made and the actual disease can be found. The psychiatrists will try to cure the disease by psychological treatment rather than pharmacological drugs.
Bipolar disorder treatment is different for different people depending upon the extent of their disorder. Self tests will decide the treatment. We cannot follow the same medications. The medications are given based upon the ability of person and the side effect must be less. Bipolar disorder treatment is successful only when the individual is whole heartedly involved in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder. So the treatment is fifty percent and the person’s cooperation is another fifty percent. It is better every individual has a medical counseling.
