Husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends of partners with bipolar disorder are the overlooked and underserved mental illness support network of the Bipolar treatment world. Why do you stay in your bipolar relationship?

First, we are never secure about our own emotional needs. Are they more or less important the needs of our mentally ill spouse? If we choose to take care of our own needs first, we often suffer, then punish ourselves with guilt, then get angry toward our sick partner that he or she has caused us such misery.

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The key to a successful treatment of a bipolar disorder is the right diagnosis. Diagnosis may not be so easy because its symptoms are episodic. Thus, a comprehensive history is needed. Though it is a psychological illness, an exhaustive medical history and physical exam are also needed to rule out any physical cause of the symptoms of the mood disorder.

A detailed history taking and mental status examination is essential to the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. A complete history of both the present and past symptoms must be taken. Generally, depressed patients experience psychomotor retardation and have decreased activity. They have a decreased rate and volume of speech. Some may have delusions and hallucinations. They have a pessimistic view

of themselves and of the world. Majority of them have attempted suicide or contemplated about it. In contrast, manic patients are very euphoric, excited and hyperactive. They are amusing to interview and they may sometimes even appear psychotic. They can have a low frustration tolerance and become very irritable.

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Positive approach of mind; makes one win half of the battle in life;
and rest half battle is won by dedicated hard work

My dear Ezine readers, in this article, I would bring out a few important tips for my teenagers who are under going sever Stress of Exam-o-Mania (SEM). As I have still not recovered from a few bad news of previous year s suicide of my beloved teenagers, I hope teenagers would paste these tips in their bed rooms to avoid stress and get in to depression.

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The way kids interact with other kids is a sign of how well they’ll do later in life. Some kids have no problem fitting in and will have this ability throughout adulthood, while others will continue to struggle. When someone has ADD, social problems can arise early, and if the signs go unrecognized, it could lead to bigger problems as the child progresses.

Peer problems tend to show up early because that’s when kids enter the classroom. When the hyperactivity element is present, their outbursts or inability stay seated can bother the kids just as much as the teacher. Because the kid with attention deficit requires more of the teacher’s time, the other kids may feel slighted and

see the kid with attention deficit as the “bad” kid in the classroom. This is especially true in early grades where kids are beginning to form relationships and learning group dynamics. Because they aren’t like the other kids in the group, kids with ADD are often left out.

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Manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder, is a kind of mental or mood disorder that is characterized by an extreme shift of one’s mood in a period of time. The shift of mood can be from an overly low feeling or depression into extremely high emotion. The change from mania to depression or depression to mania is called an episode.

Episodes of depression or mania vary from person to person. One episode can last for a few days to several weeks or months before changing into another emotion. Sometimes the emotional transition doesn’t immediately follow after an episode (depression or manic); sometimes, transition can happen after a few weeks, months or years.

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