When a person suffers through intense changes in mood, thought process, energy levels and behaviour, this situation is known as bipolar disorder. The day-to-day functioning is affected by this condition. It is of different types. Let us discuss those. 

Bipolar I Disorder

Under this, a person usually feels sad, hopeless, or just has no interest in doing things. These can last for seven days or a person needs to be hospitalised. A person also experiences an increased energy level than required. Due to all this, a person is not able to work properly. In this, manic episodes are severe. 

Bipolar II Disorder

Under this, a person does not face manic episodes but faces hypomanic, which are less severe than manic episodes, and also witnesses depressive episodes. In other words, a person feels extremely sad, disheartened, hopeless and at the same, extremely happy and energetic. This can make a person extremely weak. 

Cyclothymic Disorder

Under this, a person suffers from mild depression and unstable mood, but it is for a long time period, say generally for 2 years. Under this, a person has a normal mood for a shorter time period, like, say, for less than eight weeks. 

Symptoms of Manic episodes:

• A person becomes more energetic and active than usual and performs duties with a great energy level.
• All of a sudden, a person starts to feel extremely happy, excited and sometimes weird. 
• A person starts to speak quickly and rapidly that sometimes others are not able to understand, also one quickly starts to jump between ideas and thoughts.
• A person starts to feel overconfident. One starts to believe that one can do anything with perfection.   
• The desire to sleep for enough time ends in an individual.
• The concerned person is not able to focus or concentrate on things and finds it difficult to pay attention. 
• Loves to get involved in dangerous activities like rash driving and spending a lot of money unnecessarily. 
• Make decisions in a hurry without taking into consideration the negative outcomes. 

Symptoms of Depressive episodes: 

• A person feels sad, disheartened, and hopeless in life.
• The concerned person usually feels tired, lacks energy and is not able to perform duties properly. 
• The person either oversleeps or has difficulty in sleeping. 
• Although the diet remains the same for the person; however, the person starts to either gain weight or lose weight. 
• A person thinks that one is worthless and useless, and if one makes any mistake, then consider it as a Himalayan blunder. 
• The person is not able to focus on things and make bad decisions. 
• A person starts to suffer from headaches and digestive problems without any reason. 
• A person starts to have thoughts of committing suicide. 

A person can face the problem of bipolar disorder due to biological variations, like if there is an alteration in the brain structure or due to genetic factors; in other words, if the parents or sibling of the person has this problem, then there are chances that the concerned person will also suffer from the problem. 

At Manas Hospital, we bring people out of this problem so that they can live life normally and enjoy life like others. They can also have that positive attitude which helps to lead a happy life. We want everyone to live happily.