Bipolar affective disorder

Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it go through unusual mood changes. They go from very happy, "up," and active to very sad and hopeless, "down," and inactive, and then back again. They often have normal moods in between. The up feeling is called mania. The down feeling is depression.The causes of bipolar disorder aren't always clear. It runs in families. Abnormal brain structure and function may also play a role.Bipolar disorder often starts in a person's late teen or early adult years. But children and adults can have bipolar disorder too. The illness usually lasts a lifetime.If you think you may have it, tell your health care provider. A medical checkup can rule out other illnesses that might cause your mood changes.If not treated, bipolar disorder can lead to damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. However, there are effective treatments to control symptoms: medicine and talk therapy. A combination usually works best.NIH: National Institute of Mental Health

Disease Alternative Name

bipolar disorder
bi-polar disorder
manic-depressive illness
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31 yrs, F, married, 2 kids, c/o reduced memory and concentration, at times depressed and at times anger outbursts since many years Past history reveals that the pt was taking allopathic drugs for ??? Schizophrenia ??? BPAD (Bipolar affec...See More

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To arrive at a particular diagnosis for this case is difficult as the pt has mixed symptoms of Schizophrenia and BPAD. But anyway the patient is psychotic not neurotic and based on this we should plan for Antipsychotics. in Ayurveda, shodha...


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