chronic bipolar disorder

chronic bipolar disorder

What is bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness is a brain disorder that creates change unusual in a person's mood, energy and skills

a profound change in energy and behavior go hand in hand with these mood swings. The periods of high and lows are called episodes of mania and depression. It is very different from high and downs that everyone goes through because the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe.

About 2.6 percent of the population 18 years and older have a disorder bipolar. What for years before it is diagnosed and treated properly.

Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, encourages behavior terrible, it destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often destroys the desire and the will to live. On the biological origin psychological feels during an episode. The disease is unique in conferring advantage and pleasure at one end of the scale, but it brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and often to suicide.

Symptoms include episodes of mania:

* Increased energy, activity, restlessness, irritability and extreme
* Mood excessive "high" very pleasant, euphoric
* Racing thoughts and rapid speech, jumping from one idea to another
* You can not concentrate so
* Very little need for sleep
* Unrealistic beliefs in skills and abilities
drugs, including alcohol, cocaine and sedatives
* Provocative, intrusive or aggressive behavior

Symptoms of depression include exactly the opposite:

* Periods lasting sad, anxious or empty feelings
* Feelings of pessimism
* Feelings of guilt, irritability
* Sleeping too much or can not sleep
* Changes in appetite and / or unintended weight loss or gain
* Chronic pain and other People with this illness can lead full and productive life. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder long term illness that must be carefully managed throughout the life of a person.

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People with bipolar disorder more likely to have chronic headaches?

Because of the frequency and regularity my headache, I thought it could be cluster headaches, but symptoms are not all in agreement. Even if they arrive at the same time each day, are bilateral headache which usually means they are not cluster headaches.

Well, I know that cluster headaches and they say that the pain is worse than childbirth. I suffered from severe migraines, sometimes severe enough to I land at the hospital. I was literally screaming in pain and has not worked a lot of drugs. The fact is that there may many causes of headaches. normal blood tests do not always work. It may require research in the Department of Neurology answers. They may find all sorts of problems there. Unfortunately, there is often a waiting list for that appointment. Unless your doctor may need to register as "Urgent" You may have to wait a bit for the answers you need. Sorry I can not help more. = O [