Author: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
Kindle Edition:  Kindle Book
Company:   (2008-10-27)
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Ever noticed sudden and extreme mood swings in your child? Does he often show high levels of excitement and activity only to be unusually irritable and irrationably angry or enraged the next minute? Are your child’s tantrums exceptionally long and easily provoked?If you answer yes to all three questions, your child may have a condition known as a bipolar disorder or manic-depression. It is a brain disorder that causes frequent and extreme behavior changes in a person. Until, recently children have not been known to acquire or develop bipolar disorders but several doctors agree that children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD may actually be experiencing the early symptoms of a full-blown bipolar disorder.While considered a very serious condition, this genetically acquired brain disorder is treatable. With early detection and proper diagnosis, monitoring and medication, children with bipolar disorders can lead normal and productive lives.Early detection and proper diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children can only be successful with involved and observant parents. Try to observe sleep patterns as children with bipolar disorders to tend to feel no need for sleep during mania or highs and thus sleep very little or on the other hand sleep too much […]

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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, […]

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