What are the emotional effects of bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder can cause your mood to swing from an extreme high to an extreme low. Manic symptoms can include increased energy, excitement, impulsive behaviour, and agitation. Depressive symptoms can include lack of energy, feeling worthless, low self-esteem and suicidal thoughts.
How do you survive bipolar depression?
Here are seven ways to boost your mood during a depressive episode:
- Stick to a healthy routine. When you feel depressed, it’s easy to get into bad habits.
- Structure your day.
- Don’t be afraid.
- Stay active.
- Don’t isolate yourself.
- Find new ways to relieve stress.
- Join a support group.
- Understanding bipolar disorder.
Who do I talk to about bipolar depression?
Treatment is best guided by a medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions (psychiatrist) who is skilled in treating bipolar and related disorders. You may have a treatment team that also includes a psychologist, social worker and psychiatric nurse.
What organizations help with bipolar disorder?
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is a national organization that focuses on supporting individuals who have depression and bipolar mood disorders. The organization also offers a support network for parents of children with pediatric mood disorders.
How to help and support someone with bipolar disorder?
How to Help and Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder Educate yourself. Listen. Be a champion. Be active in their treatment. Make a plan. Support, don’t push. Be understanding. Don’t neglect yourself. Be patient and stay optimistic. Know when it’s too much.
How can you help bipolar?
Educate yourself. The term “bipolar” is thrown around a lot these days,yet it remains widely misunderstood.
How do people with bipolar disorder think?
People with bipolar disorder have higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and regardless as to whether you have ADHD, people with bipolar disorder tend to think in ADHD-type ways. We tend to multi-task compulsively. We tend to get distracted. We tend to run away with our thoughts.