Bipolar disorder is an illness where a person experiences extreme changes in mood, thought, energy and behavior. He may feel manic for an instant and depressed the next.

In manic episodes, there is a distinct period of abnormally elevated or irritable mood lasting at least one week. During that time, the person experiences three or more of the following symptoms: grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressure to keep talking, flight of ideas, distractibility, increase in goal-oriented activity and excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences. A manic person can be reckless and impulsive. He is very self-confident and optimistic. In severe cases, a manic person may even have delusions and hallucinations.

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Bi polar symptoms can take a person through alternating states of depression and elevated mood or mania, that are experienced in a repeating cycle. These cycles may take place either slowly or rapidly. One mood often predominates while the other is experienced infrequently.

Symptoms of bi polar may bring to mind the comedy-tragedy masks that were used and worn in Ancient Greece. One mask shows a happy face and the other depicts a sad expression. Actors would exchange masks to signal a change of character. Unfortunately, for someone suffering from ever-changing emotions, these changes are a reality and not a temporary state.

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With more than 2 million Americans alone suffering from bipolar symptoms, it is little wonder so many people have questions about this condition. This serious mental illness can be rather scary to confront, but arming oneself with the right answers to some of the most common questions is one of the first places to start to help deal with it.

What does bipolar mean?
Bipolar disorder is a biological/mental illness that tends to result in very wide mood swings. People who suffer from the disorder are known to go through manic highs and depressed lows. The symptoms can be very troubling for the patient and loved ones, as well.

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Have you ever been in a situation and found that it was hard to breathe? How about shaking and sweating like crazy and you actually thought that you were going crazy because you DON’T know what is going on when you have your first anxiety or panic attack? Remember that your heart was going a 100 miles a minute and it was roaring in your ears? And there was that feeling that you were going to die or that something terrible was going to happen and you didn’t know what and that you couldn’t do anything about it anyway? You know full well how to have anxiety panic attack symptoms in wake of a full strength panic attack.

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Bipolar symptoms can be likened to a snowstorm: tiny snowflakes drift down until white-out conditions make everything more difficult. A person dealing with manic depressive illness experiences a flurry of troubling feelings and emotions, which make it hard to see the way ahead!

It is important to recognize and seek treatment for bipolar disorder symptoms because unlike snow that melts and dissipates over time this illness can worsen as the years go by.

Facts About Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

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