BIPOLARBY MICAH CRAIG

What Is Bipolar?

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition that can affect both how you feel and how you act. It is a mood disorder that can cause extreme swings in mood.

Symptoms

Symptoms of bipolar are depression and mania.

Bipolar depression does cause feelings of sadness, emptiness, and loss of interest. Bipolar depression can make it difficult to concentrate.

Mania people feel unusually great, it's common to be overly talkative, have lots of energy, and need little sleep. Some people go through a less server form of mania called hypomania.

treatments

Reduce symptoms of depressive episodes

Reduce symptoms of manic episodes Reduce the likelihood of future

episodes/relapse Reduce the severity of the disease Provide assistance and support to

patients and family

statistics

Bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or about 2.6% of the U.S. population age 18 and older every year.

-In Australia it is approximately 238,957 people. - In the United Kingdom it is approximately

723,248 people. - In Germany it is approximately 989,095 people. - In Canada it is approximately 390,094 people. - In Iran it is approximately 810,038 people. -And for both India and China, each have

somewhere between 12 - 15 million people who are bipolar!

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As with bipolar people have two personalities or two different feelings back to back; one moment you sad and the next your happy.

sites

http://www.bipolar-lives.com/bipolar-disorder-statistics.html

http://www.seroquelxr.com/bipolar-disorder-symptoms.aspx?ux=l