Bipolar disorder is not a single disorder; it is a combination of mood disorders. If an individual experiences one or more episodes of abnormally elevated moods, it is referred clinically as mania.
A person who experiences manic episode will commonly experience depressive episodes or mixed episodes called manic depression.
Manic depression is also called as bipolar affective disorder or bipolar disorder. Individual who experiences bipolar disorder will have mood swings, which can last from several weeks to months and more.
In that, if they are depressive, they have feelings of intense depression and despair. If they are manic, they have feelings of extreme happiness and despair. If they have mixed feelings, they experience depressed mood with restlessness and overactivity of manic episode.
Approximately 1 in 100 adults has manic depression at any point in their life. It is generally seen during teenage period. Men and women are equally affected and this manic depression is not seen after the age 40.
How many types of bipolar disorders (manic depression) are being seen in individuals?
People with manic depression experience mood swings from high episodes of mania to low episodes of depression, but in most cases, people with manic depression experience episodes of depression than episodes of […]
In The Depression Advantage, Tom Wootton reveals his insight about the surprising advantages of the depressive state, with the view that people with mental conditions can lead extraordinary lives.
Tom has developed an entirely new system of representing the broad spectrum of emotional states experienced by people with mental conditions. His revolutionary ideas about redefining functionality and scale provide a powerful set of tools for those looking to turn their perceived ‘illness’ into a vehicle for a rich, fulfilling and successful life.
Drawing from historical and literary examples ranging from the lives of the Saints to Buddhist parables to pop culture heroes like the X-Men, The Depression Advantage demonstrates that physical, mental, emotional and spiritual pain can be a catalyst for personal growth and transcendent understanding.
Author:Â Tom Wootton
Paperback:Â 196 pages
Company: Bipolar Advantage (2007-10-06)
ISBN:Â 0977442322
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Insomnia is a disease found in many people in general and though the disease is not very harmful in the initial stages, over a period of time it makes one very unstable as the disease causes an inability to sleep. An insomniac patient is not a very healthy person as the disease makes one lethargic and the patient is always in a very frustrated mood. The main reasons for the same would be tension, worries, and stress in all works of life. In fact insomnia acts as a breeding ground for more and more problems.
It is not that an insomniac won0t sleep at all but shall only get sleep when the body totally gives up and the body requires rest however even this need of the body stops the patient from sleeping for long hours. The sleeping disorder is a result of natural changes in the body as well. One is termed an insomniac only when the person is not able to sleep between three weeks to six months. Such type of insomnia is called Acute Insomnia and is not very harmful and can be easily cured. One more category in the same is Chronic Insomnia; this is a much […]
