Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorders refer to the mental health condition in which there are extreme shifts in the mood of the person. There are usually two major phases a person goes through, manic phase (excessive elevation of mood) and depressive phase (extremely low mood)
Bipolar disorder is fairly common these days and can be easily managed through psychotherapy and medications.
Symptoms
Symptoms of Manic and Hypomanic episodes
Therapy
CBT
Mindfulness based cognitive therapy
Interpersonal Therapy
How are you feeling today ?
You can ask these questions to yourself and if you say “Yes” to most of these, you should seek the expertise of a mental health professional and navigate through your symptoms with psychotherapy and medications.
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Do you experience a severe shift in your mood ranging from very low at times and extremely elevated at times?
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Do you feel a racing in your thoughts when you have an elevated mood?
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Do you feel you are sleeping too much during your low mood phase?
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Do you feel you don’t need sleep or functioning on too little sleep during the elevated phase?
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Do you feel like spending a lot of money during your high phase?
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Do you indulge too much in alcohol and drug consumption?
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