Cyclothymic Disorder. Bipolar I Disorder can make a person feel happy and extremely energetic. Bipolar II Disorder does the opposite. It can make a person feel depressed and exhausted. Cyclothymic is a mild case of bipolar. It does not have as intense manic episodes or side effects as the other disorders. A person with Bipolar Disorder can be very harmful to themselves and others around them. Many people with this disorder can find themselves suicidal from the depression. People who are involved in abusive
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Specified. “Episodes of incapacitating depression alternate with shorter periods of extreme euphoria‚ is a called manic episodes.” (Hockenbury) For most people manic episodes is almost immediately followed with a major depression. Manic episodes began suddenly and the symptoms escalate quickly. Diagnosed people are uncharacterized overjoyed‚ expansive and excited for many days or longer. When in manic stages the person sleeps very little‚ but has excessive energy. The person can gain self-esteem and confidence
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A disorder that takes one through a figurative rollercoaster of emotion with many high points of abnormal energy and low points of despair. A person would call this disorder manic depression or bipolar disorder. With symptoms like mania which is a period of elevated energy‚ happiness and irritably or depression that brings a feeling of hopelessness‚ insecurity and negativity; life can be hard. Firstly‚ this article will examine bipolar disorder including symptoms and whom it affects. Then‚ it is
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Bipolar disorder‚ formerly known as manic depression‚ is a condition that affects your moods‚ which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder‚ you will have periods or episodes of: depression – where you feel very low and lethargic mania – where you feel very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania) Symptoms of bipolar disorder depend on which mood you are experiencing. Unlike simple mood swings‚ each extreme episode of bipolar disorder can last for
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Hamlet ’s Soliloquy - To be‚ or not to be Hamlet ’s "To be‚ or not to be" soliloquy is arguably the most famous soliloquy in the history of the theatre. Even today‚ 400 years after it was written‚ most people are vaguely familiar with the soliloquy even though they may not know the play. What gives these 34 lines such universal appeal and recognition? What about Hamlet ’s introspection has prompted scholars and theatregoers alike to ask questions about their own existence over the centuries?
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Manic episodes -lasting for several days and often occurring in various types of bipolar disorder- are a good example of this. One symptom of a manic episode is inflated self-esteem‚ so it would be difficult to determine if the person having a manic episode is actually suffering or not. In the long term‚ manic episodes have extensive negative effects on the body and mind. Often times when someone is having
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Treatment According to the American Psychiatric Association‚ there is a fifteen percent prevalence of mental disorders in the United States. Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic-depressive‚ is a mental disorder. Symptoms of bipolar disorder include extreme highs and extreme lows with periods of normal mood in between. Manic symptoms are being extremely active‚ talkative‚ distractible‚ unlimited hopes with no follow through‚ aggression‚ hostility‚ and violence. Depressive symptoms are feeling overwhelmed
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that Holden doesn’t exactly act like a normal teenager does. Holden suffers from bipolar disorder. A mental illness which causes you to be depressed‚ feeling low and useless‚ as well as manic behavior that causes him to be sleepless‚ irrational‚ and act out with wild behavior. Bipolar disorder can be expressed as a manic-depressive illness. It is characterized by cycling mood changes‚ severe highs‚ mania‚ and severe lows‚ depression. Sometimes the mood switches are dramatic and rapid‚ but most often
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bipolar is known as a manic-depressive illness. It’s a chronic disease that cycles between different moods and affects more than 3‚000‚000 Americans. If untreated it involves cycles of depression which can escalate into mania. 2. As described in the book‚ “Abnormal Psychology” by Richard R. Bootzin major depression is confined to depressive episodes‚ bipolar disorder on the other hand consists of both manic and depressive episodes. It will first appear in the form of a manic episode‚ which can be
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15 - 25. The exact cause is unknown‚ but it occurs more often in relatives of people with bipolar disorder. Types of bipolar disorder: * People with bipolar disorder type I have had at least one manic episode and periods of major depression. In the past‚ bipolar disorder type I was called manic depression. * People with bipolar disorder type II have never had full mania. Instead they experience periods of high energy levels and impulsiveness that are not as extreme as mania (called hypomania)
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