To treat your bipolar disorder, you need to see yourself as an Olympic athlete, you need training not just for yourself but also for members of your family. Yes, they need to get involved with your bipolar depression. The reason is that they, too, need to see and recognize the triggers of your bipolar disorder, especially the factors that may disrupt your sleep, thereby triggering your depression or mania episodes.Train yourself to keep a regular sleep schedule, and they need to see to it that you abide by it.Anxiety is a common experience of a bipolar patient. Anxiety may be another cause of your sleep disorder. Due to anxiety, you may want to use alcohol, drugs or tranquilizers to overcome your anxiety disorder. These substances may seem like a solution, but they only aggravate the problem. For example, if you use alcohol to make yourself become drowsier in order to fall asleep more easily, the alcohol may also deprive you of a deeper and more restful sleep needed for your bipolar disorder. These substances have side effects, and you need to think long into the future when it comes to what you put in your body.Because you have bipolar disorder, […]
Weight gain is one of the main reasons why some bipolar patients stop taking their medications. Bipolar depression medications often increase your hunger, creating the urge to eat uncontrollably, leading to weight gain. In addition, eating disorder is usually associated with depression. It is common for depressed individuals to turn to food to satisfy their emotional needs.Bipolar disorder requires medications. Don’t give up your medications just because of your weight gain.Like an Olympic athlete, you must train yourself to restrict your diet. You must identify the signs that your medications are affecting your hunger and craving for food. These signs include: eating if you wake up in the middle of the night; binge eating even when you are not hungry; being obsessive with food; feeling a desire to eat even though you just ate.These are obvious signs that your medications are the culprit. However, take into consideration that most bipolar disorder drugs increase your appetite. Develop an exercise program to help you burn your extra calories, and stick to it. In addition, you may want to increase your exercise before you even have a chance to gain weight.Accept the fact that even when you eat less and exercise more, you […]
The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently affirmed that chronic use of Ecstasy (MDMA) may lead to changes in brain function. Rohypnol, commonly known as a date-rape drug, can incapacitate users and cause amnesia when it is mixed with alcohol. GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), an illegally produced drug, that usually shows up in the form of a liquid that has no odor, or color, can lead to seizures and comas, while high doses of Ketamine, or 0Special K0 can cause delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, and potentially fatal respiratory problems. The Drug Enforcement Administration reported that overt effects of Special K can last an hour, but the drug can still affect the body for up to 24 hours. Despite the dangerous side effects, these harmful drugs are popular with club goers, and those attending “rave parties”.
Mixed with alcohol, these particular drugs as well as methamphetamine, acid (LSD), and many others, can be quite dangerous, even deadly, not only for teens and young adults, but for people of all ages. Because of this, a lot of parents, siblings and friends are afraid that without drug rehab, substance abuse will permanently harm their loved ones.
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