Bipolar Depression

bipolar depression or manic depression, as previously thought luminaries of medicine - is a genetic disease characterized by acute affective state with mood swings and sleep disorders, hallucinations, nervous breakdowns, leading to disorientation and insanity. Bipolar disorder affects young people between 15 and 35 years, and a hundred people sick one

Causes of bipolar( manic) depression

reasons for such a complex disease genes act. Such a disease is inherited in the family. There is another version of the origin of mania - neurochemical( due to biochemical disturbances in the brain)

Symptoms of bipolar( manic) depression

The first thing you should pay attention to is the nature of the attacks, which are symptoms resemble acute or clinical depression with transitions inManic behavior( increased activity) with elements of euphoria. In a simple way: the two extreme states( grief and emotional uplifting excitement) take turns. Such changes in mood are both short-term( several minutes) and long( up to several hours).These differences can be of a cyclical, repetitive nature. Such mild forms of manic depression are called cyclothymia and it is unrealistic to cope with such depression.

The next hallmark of manic depression is the confusion of thoughts, the difficulty of perceiving the world and functioning in it. Sufferers from such depression experience difficulties in the performance of their duties at work, different thoughts in the depression obscure the mind. Frequent exacerbation of depression can lead to a suicidal outcome, so patients need mandatory hospitalization. Psychological help for depression from relatives is good, but it is still necessary to use the help of medical services. After all, if an acute form of manic behavior ignored and left untreated, can cause relapses with adverse outcomes

bipolar( manic) depression symptoms

sick man worried feelings of worthlessness, helplessness, irritability, apathy, hopelessness, guilt, and in connection with this sad tearful moodAnd the refusal of entertainment, a fanatical desire to commit suicide. The characteristic symptom of this disorder is the lack of appetite or increased desire for food, not passing fatigue, various forms of sleep disturbances, pain in the body of various origins, bowel problems( constipation)

bipolar( manic) depression treatment

Problematical treatment of bipolar depression is the difficultyTo catch the transition of the patient from the state of depressive disorder to manic behavior, as well as from the number of transferred cycles of the disease. Treatment with antidepressants is carried out taking into account the symptoms of the disorder. If the patient has signs of classical depression( constant longing), then drugs with a stimulating and sedative action( citalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, venlafaxine) are recommended. If the changes did not occur, then imipramine and clomipramine drugs are intensified.

If anxiety is concerned, as well as anxiety, then prescribe sedative antidepressants( amitriptyline, mirtazapine, trazadone, mianserin).With weakness, impotence, lack of motivation and desire, stimulants are prescribed( imipramine, milnacipran, fluoxetine, moclobemide).It is very good to combine antidepressants with mood stabilizers( normotimics and antipsychotics).The most progressive antipsychotics are quetiapine and olanzapine. At the moment, a successful combined preparation of olanzapine plus fluoxetine is produced.

When manic behavior is prescribed normotimics( valproic acid, lithium, carbamazepine).With the preventive purpose also apply normotimiki for mood stabilization. During the rapid cyclic course of the disease, atypical antipsychotics( aripiprazole, clozapine) are prescribed.

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