Bipolar affective disorder

Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it go through unusual mood changes. They go from very happy, "up," and active to very sad and hopeless, "down," and inactive, and then back again. They often have normal moods in between. The up feeling is called mania. The down feeling is depression.The causes of bipolar disorder aren't always clear. It runs in families. Abnormal brain structure and function may also play a role.Bipolar disorder often starts in a person's late teen or early adult years. But children and adults can have bipolar disorder too. The illness usually lasts a lifetime.If you think you may have it, tell your health care provider. A medical checkup can rule out other illnesses that might cause your mood changes.If not treated, bipolar disorder can lead to damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. However, there are effective treatments to control symptoms: medicine and talk therapy. A combination usually works best.NIH: National Institute of Mental Health

Disease Alternative Name

bipolar disorder

bi-polar disorder

manic-depressive illness

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Dr. Niranjan Acharya

Internal Medicine (Ayurveda)

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31 yrs, F, married, 2 kids, c/o reduced memory and concentration, at times depressed and at times anger outbursts since many years Past history reveals that the pt was taking allopathic drugs for ??? Schizophrenia ??? BPAD (Bipolar affec...See More

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Dr. Niranjan Acharya

Internal Medicine (Ayurveda)

To arrive at a particular diagnosis for this case is difficult as the pt has mixed symptoms of Schizophrenia and BPAD. But anyway the patient is psychotic not neurotic and based on this we should plan for Antipsychotics. in Ayurveda, shodha...

Dr. Haritha Garlapati

Psychiatry

17year old girl married 3months back, was diagnosed earlier as bipolar affective disorder and on tab lithium 900, tab sodium valproate 1000mg and tab quitiapine 100mg, tab olanzapine 10mg. patient is planning for pregnancy. please share opi...See More

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Anullekha Naidu

MBBS Student

a 22 yrs old female presented with history of mood disturbances and emotional liability which was diagnosed as a case of bipolar affective disorder at 15 yrs age. over 8 yrs her symptoms worsened with slowness of movements and rigidity. she...See More

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