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bipolar disorders or mental health disorder characterized by extreme highs
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and lows and mood and energy.
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While everyone experiences ups and downs to severe shifts that
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happened, bipolar disorder can have a serious impact on a
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person's life.
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More than 3.3 million American adults suffer from bipolar disorder
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in a given year, which is 1.7%.
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Bipolar disorder can be extremely distressing and destructive for those
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who have this disease.
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Their spouses, friends, family members and employers may also feel
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stressed. Although there's no known cure, bipolar disorder is treatable
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and recovery as possible.
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Mhm someone with bipolar disorder.
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My experience, excessive energy activity, restlessness, racing thoughts and rapid
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talking. They could be easily irritated or distracted.
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They could often feel guilty, hopeless, worthless or having thoughts
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of suicide or death, including suicide attempts, which explains the
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different shifts in mood and energy between mania and depression.
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One myth surrounding bipolar disorder is that mania is productive
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and fun Mania can actually be dangerous and not fun
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at all.
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A person that is going through mania, my go on
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a big spot shopping spree, spending beyond their means, and
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they could become overly anxious and highly irritable, and they
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could get upset over small things and snap at loved
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ones. Amenia person going through mania may lose control of
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their thoughts and actions.
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We even lose touch with reality.
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Bipolar disorder typically begins in adolescence or early adulthood and
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contains throughout life continues throughout.
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Life is often not recognized as an illness, and people
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who have it may suffer needlessly for years.
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One mental health organization is the Depression and Bipolar Support
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Alliance, another mental health organizations that bipolar disorder Resource Center,
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the A, A C A P.
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If you're feeling any symptoms, or any of these may
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become common to you, you can always reach out and
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go to help from these organizations.
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We should always try to stop the Sigma and help
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people who may be dealing with this disease because once
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again, it is not in their control.