Bipolar Disorder

In recent years we have been talking about the condition affects one that affect a large proportion of the population, but also, disabling it in various areas of life of sufferers and their families, I mean the Disorder BIPOLAR. This disorder is not new, has always existed and was known as manic-depressive

Some people also show, at different times, or a tendency to mania, or depression to acute phases. No person who has this condition is equal to another, it is important that a physician make a diagnosis on it.

What is Bipolar Disorder?

It is a chronic, psychiatric and neurological systems. In that way the brain works is affected, causing a series of symptoms as described above.

That is, the brain works through a series of substances called neurotransmitters, and it is precisely this type in the path of biochemical information, which is the alteration. There is an imbalance in brain functioning electrochemical.

Of course, the need for a psychiatric assessment, neurological and psychological care for the successful completion of appropriate treatment. Bipolar disorder is not cured, but controlled. It is therefore important to an accurate diagnosis for proper treatment.

Medications are needed for treatment?

As we have seen, the brain chemistry is out of balance, therefore, is necessary, and indicated the pharmacological treatment, since it depends, to avoid the person is subject to drastic changes in your mood. They control the patient has symptoms and then, with a better quality of life emotional, social and family. Therefore, avoid self-medication. Usually the drugs are intended to regulate mood and anxiety factors.

What other treatments are required?

Any person who has a condition of this nature requires a comprehensive approach that integrates several areas of functioning. It is therefore important that along with the drug, taking into account other actions such as:

Psicoterapia.Psicoeducación: to inform the patient and their families about the disorder, consequences, relapse, the importance of properly taking medicamento.Terapia Familiar.La importance of having adequate sueño.Evitar patterns as possible factors estrés.Concientizar the patient and their families about the various conflicts that may arise in relationships, and relapse phases represent an additional factor in family life, personal, and social work.

How to Identify Bipolar Disorder?

As mentioned above, it is a chronic and recurrent alteration in mood, therefore, the phases have different manifestations. Besides that patients have their own way of behaving. Then phased desglosaré Some of the symptoms, not have to file all in one go. But that can be combined, and there will be people who show dominance in some and in others not.

Depressive phase:

Failures in self-esteem and self-absorbed and disability show excessive desesperanza.Culpabilidad aislados.Sentimientos exagerada.Fatiga of chronic actividades.Alteración cansancio.Lentitud for all your sleep patterns: sleeping too much or suffer from insomnia. Changes in weight and ways to care alimentarse.Dificultades concentración.Cambios sudden and how they make decisions, especially in significant aspects of their vida.Incapacidad for decision making, ie, confusion and failure the logic of Recurrent mismas.Pensamientos suicide and major muerte.Pérdida joy and pleasure in those situations before gozaban.FASE BOGUS: EUPHORIA EXAGGERATED

A sudden exaltation of the state and expressed ánimo.Hablan with superlatives: it is padrísisisimo, terrific ... Goals actividad.Baja exaggerated and one on tolerance of criticism when they señala.En these conditions put patients at risk: spend excess, overworked, drinking too much ... They feel an overestimation of their accomplishments and goals are geared towards accelerated impensables.Pensamiento. acelerados.Alteración Activities of sleep habits: they have seen little need dormir.Se hyper alerts. Agitation. They talk fast, they face their own palabras.Están in constant contradiction in decisiones.Tendencia exaggerated pleasure: changing partners, partying, excessive fiestas.Consumo falsas.Los sustancias.Creencias mood changes may be cyclic, often starting with a hobby that ends in a deep depression. In other patients may predominate or manic depressives. Some of these disorders are called "rapid cycling" because the mood can change several times in a very short period of time. This is why the differential diagnosis by a physician is essential. There are differences, such as Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder type I and type II combined or cyclic.

If you suspect someone in your family or yourself experience this disorder, or maybe a child or adolescent, please consult a specialist, you can go: the neurologist, psychiatrist, or psychologist paidopsiquiatra to carry out an assessment and take necessary actions to it ....

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