Describing the symptoms of bipolar disorder can be not easy since this illness has two distincyly different phases to it.
Bipolar illness is characterized by what are called episodes. These ones fall into 2 phases that is manic and depressive.
The depressive episodes are known to the low where the manic ones are known to the high. A patient with bipolar disorder will swing between high and low episodes.
The Fundamental
Cannot control mood swings is known as the basic warning signs of bipolar disorder. In many cases, the person with bipolar disorder may even have times where their mood is well balanced and they experience no symptoms of mania or depression at all.
The symptoms of bipolar disorder can be different from patient to patient. The most important thing to watch for is a repeated mood swings without any reasons.
Manic Attack
The warning signs of bipolar disorder for manic episodes are fall into the dominion of being high energy and high mood. Below are the common warning signs:
* Tremendous happiness
* Uncommon high self-esteem
* Lack of judgment
* Fast speech
* Brain racing with thoughts
* Violence
* Tension
* Boost in activity
* Risk taking or risky behavior
* Addictive manners
* Easily unfocused
* Cannot concentrate
Depressive Episodes
Great sadness and all around feeling low or down characterize depressive episodes. Below are some depressive episodes symptoms:
* Sorrow
* Lack of loving about anything
* Does not have any motivation
* Feeling desperate
* Suicidal thinking
* Temper
* Focus problems
* Easily sidetracked
* Throbbing without any reasons
Bipolar Category
Bipolar type 2 is more of a depressive state with the depression being more serious, while bipolar type 2 is more of a manic state since the manic signs are very severe.
It is very important to get the right diagnosis so that the therapy can be given that will succeed for the type of bipolar disorder one have.
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