Suicidal Tendencies That Exist In Bipolar Disorder And Ways To Treat It
First - What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is the mental disorder in which the person suffering goes in extreme mood swings. So while he or she may be feeling depression at one moment they will feel mania or extreme sense of pleasure and heightened activity the other. This is a quite dangerous situation as the suicidal rates are almost double than that of normal depression and research also suggests that people suffering from this kind of disorder face worse depression than the people who suffer only depression.
What makes this situation even more dangerous is the increased incident of suicide in this case and the risk of life it poses to the persons suffering from it.
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...your real one for privacy. Always be cautious about sharing too much personal information about yourself with other people online. While most people you will meet are very decent you hear stories all the time about people becoming victims online. ...
Talking about feeling suicidal or wanting to die at all times of depression and forgetting all about it when mania occurs
Feeling hopeless, that nothing will ever change or get better and getting depressed about the current state of affairs.
Feeling helpless, that nothing one does makes any difference and in some cases even how everyone has ganged up against you to make your life miserable
Feeling like a burden to family and friends and feeling that nothing you do is helping them or contributing to the family while you are living off their sympathy
Putting affairs in order (e.g., organizing finances (paying debts) or giving
...stabilizers are the primary treatment for the disorder. When mood stabilizer fails, antidepressants and anti-psychotic medicines are used to treat episodes of mania or depression. Mood stabilizers have two important functions. First, they provide release from acute attacks of mania ...
Putting oneself in harm’s way, or in situations where there is a danger of being killed, creating circumstances which puts life at risk or at least putting you in harm s way
Abusing alcohol or drugs
If you have experienced such emotions yourself or are seeing someone witnessing similar emotions you should first of all consult a doctor and then put away all things that you can use to cause damage, like hiding knives and blades and keeping other such objects which can be used to inflict
...against the monster that is destroying your human side, through your determination and strength. That means that when you have hallucinations, you must patiently wait until they stop, without doing anything. You can perceive that you are being dominated by ...
Treating bipolar disorder
Currently bipolar disorder cannot be treated but it can be managed to control the long term consequence of the disease. Treatment is basically done through pharmacology and psychological techniques and most people suffering from bipolar disorders are given a combination of medicines.
Since bipolar disorder involves the individuals going through mania and depression the medication prescribed is what is known as mood stabilizing and anti depressant.
What this effectively means is that doctors prescribe mood stabilizers to control the mania and then anti depressants to take care of the depression. Lithium is the oldest and the most popular mood stabilizing medicine which is the most effective and is also known to reduce suicidal tendencies. However
...a significant role. Manic Phase Manic episodes are periods where a person affected with bipolar disorder will exhibit elevated moods, which can manifest as rapid thought processes, irritability, and/or reckless behavior. These manic episodes are frequently very hard on the ...
Anti depressants are also used among patients however there is a need to be cautious so as to not induce mania after taking such anti depressants and normally they are prescribed and had only after mood stabilizers have been taken by the patient and the chances of going into mania reduce.
Another thing to keep in mind is that different patients react differently to medicines and it might take 4 6 weeks for a patient to react on a medicine. In such a case patients should not give up on the medicine. On the other hand
...a significant role. Manic Phase Manic episodes are periods where a person affected with bipolar disorder will exhibit elevated moods, which can manifest as rapid thought processes, irritability, and/or reckless behavior. These manic episodes are frequently very hard on the ...
A pointer for friends and family would be that as the case of bipolar disorder increases in a person they refuse to admit that they have any illness at all and therefore compliance to medicine becomes difficult which becomes the responsibility of the relatives and friends of the patient.
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...know is at risk for suicide and has shown warning signs, please do not leave them alone. Seek the help of a mental healthcare professional right away. It is common that people often talk about their thought of suicide before ...