Bipolar
- Created by: rainbowcaitlin
- Created on: 21-01-16 19:33
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- Bipolar
- Symptoms
- DEPRESSION
- Feeling sad/hopeless
- Lack of energy
- difficulty concentrating/remembering things
- Loss of interest in everyday activities
- lack of appetite
- Suicidal thoughts
- self doubt
- Difficulty sleeping/waking up early
- Being delusional/ irrational thinking/ having hallucinations
- Feelings of guilt and dispair
- MAINIA
- feeling very happy, elated or overjoyed
- talking very quickly
- Feeling full of energy
- Feeling self-important
- Feeling full of ideas and plans
- Easily distracted
- Being irritated
- Not feeling like sleeping or eating
- being delusional, having hallucinations and disturbed or illogical thinking
- doing things that often have consequences, such as spending large sums of money
- Making decisions that are out of character
- DEPRESSION
- Causes
- Cause is unknown but factors such as stress and life changing events can trigger it
- Impacts
- Physical
- During a depressed state
- Lack of motivation to do anything
- May stay in bed-lack of exercise
- May eat less and loose weight
- During a manic state
- Over exaustion from feeing like they can accomplish anything
- Less sense of danger which means they may hurt their body
- May act out of character (sexually)
- During a depressed state
- Intellectual
- During a manic state
- Try out various courses
- But may not stick to anything
- May become overly obessed with learning
- Try out various courses
- During a depressed state
- Little or no motivation for college/uni/school
- No desire to keep up with work
- May get behind on lessons
- Miss vital information to pass exams
- Little or no motivation for college/uni/school
- During a manic state
- Emotional
- During a depressed state
- Sad, suicidal, quiet, no sense of future
- Tears, despair
- Can't eat or sleep, may loose weight
- May turn to drugs or/and alchol to cope
- During a manic state
- Ecstatic, overly happy, overly confident
- Behave out of character
- Always on the go
- Over use of drugs and/or alcohol
- Take dangerous risks
- During a depressed state
- Social
- During a manic state
- Exhausting for friends and family/divorce etc
- Friends may avoid the person
- Sexually promiscuous
- Over use of drugs/alcohol
- During a depressed state
- Sad, low mood, no energy or motivation
- Want to be alone
- Don’t want to talk or socialise/ No interest on others
- Socially isolate themselves
- Lose friends due to lack of understanding/divorce/separation
- During a manic state
- Physical
- Risks
- Bullying
- Because they may display unpredictable and unusal behaviour
- May be overly sexual or promiscuous
- Abuse
- Risk of abuse from sales staff and may over spend during a manic phase
- People may take advantage
- Stress
- May be under financial strain due to overspending during a manic phase
- May feel overwhelmed which can cause stress
- Self harm
- During a manic phase they may self harm through overuse of drugs and/or alcohol
- During a depressive phase they may self harm because they feel hopeless or suicidal
- Social isolation
- During a depressive phase they may not want to see friends or family
- During a manic phase they may push people away with their unpredictable behaviour
- Bullying
- Barriers
- Societal
- Ignorance and prejudice could prevent them from forming close relationships with people, as others may fear or not understand their illness
- Friends may be less likely to include them in events
- May not trust their friends and may not want to socialise with them
- Friends may be less likely to include them in events
- Ignorance and prejudice could prevent them from forming close relationships with people, as others may fear or not understand their illness
- Education
- Likely to miss long periods of school due to depressive phase of illness
- Prevents them from attending classes and learning enough to pass exams
- Poor provision/access
- Likely to miss long periods of school due to depressive phase of illness
- Employment
- Lack of opportunities due to discrimination/lack of flexibility
- Employers may be reluctant to give a person a job due to bipolar which prevents the person finding empolyment
- Economic
- May get into debt during a manic phase which prevents them from managing their finances properly
- During a depressive phase they may not have the motivation to work thus preventing them from earning an income
- Environmental
- There may be a lack of services available in their area which prevents them from getting well
- Societal
- Support/Treatment
- Medication and plan
- The majority of support could come from a community mental health team or a GP
- Crisis plan
- Therapy
- Enhanced relapse prevention/individual psychoeducation
- Group psychoeducation
- Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy
- Family-focused therapy
- Symptoms
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