Bipolar disorder is a scientific name of a maniacal depression. Both the first, and second name speaks about duality of a disease, the mania and a depression are opposite each other. During a maniacal depression the phase of a depression flows and alternates with a mania phase. In this case, it is not about a depression which everyone is capable to overcome itself any more, and about a serious mental disease therefore treatment of a maniacal depression has to take place under control of the doctor, and it is frequent, even in a hospital.
Symptoms
The disease has genetic character and is shown at 1% of inhabitants of the globe. But if someone from your family suffered from this frustration, it is not a guarantee yet that it to be shown at you. In development of a disease an important role is played by environmental conditions – an occupation, communication, full-fledged life.
Symptoms of a maniacal depression can be imperceptible up to the sharpest forms of development of a disease. At the person the mood just sharply changes – breakdowns replace attacks over activity. Very few people will pay attention to it if, of course, you do not live with the psychiatrist under the same roof. Such "easy" form can last for years.
Further the person passes to the psychosis and here, we will consider separately both phases.
Depressive phase:
- apathy – unwillingness to undertake something;
- intellectual block – an impression as if the person grew dull is made;
- speech block – the patient is avaricious on words and expressions, each answer from it should be got violently;
- the motive block – the person can lie for hours and days, not to leave the house, not to rise to eat, and not to celebrate the needs of nature.
Attempts of a suicide can often become a consequence of a long depression, and the second phase can not be shown.
Maniacal phase:
- the patient cannot really look at the world around;
- pronounced speech and physical activity;
- at a conversation of people cannot sit in place, he constantly gesticulates, rumples clothes, to twist buttons, sharply jumps, sobs or laughs loudly;
- temporarily the working capacity increases;
- the person can work without dream and is not;
- excessive optimism, "Napoleonic" plans, one thousand ideas, ways of the decision, and variations of answers to any asked question.
Treatment
Eternal alternation of these mental extremes is impossible, the organism just will not sustain to adapt to the suppressed and strengthened work of nervous system. Therefore and it is not strange what interests all, what will be farther, after a maniacal depression.
There are patients who go on a suicide at a depression stage, there are those who in a maniacal phase create masterpieces, or become the murderer, the arbiter of other's destinies, undertakes a role of the highest being having the right "to correct" the world after the own fashion. These people are dangerous not only to themselves, but also to all society.
From a common depression, the maniacal depression can be distinguished on reaction of the patient. In dejectedness he is given not only by words and actions, but also glass, motionless and an intense face. At a common depression, the person can become long reserved, be silent, avoid society, and at manic-depressive psychosis – the patient is never silent long, he tries to explain, accuse, punish …
Maniacal depression it is impossible "to stay in bed" at home, treatment surely takes place under observation of the psychiatrist. At a depressive stage appoint exciting medicines, at maniacal – soothing.
Having decided on treatment, the patient has a chance to return to a normal way of life and working capacity. But whether it is worth saying that the zapushchenny a disease, the more difficult to get out of it? Therefore at the first symptoms, suspicions, it is necessary to take urgent measures and to be checked at the doctor.
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