Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder

The affective (mood) disorders are characterised by a disturbance of mood, either depression or mania.

Classification of mood disorders

• The term unipolar disorders is used when recurrences always take a depressive form.
• The term bipolar disorder is used when recurrences are both manic and depressive.
• The affective (mood) disorders can be classified as primary and secondary.

1. The term primary affective disorder is used when the zffective episodes (mania or depression) are not secondary to any other psychiatric or physical illness.
2. The term secondary affective disorder is used when the affective episodes are secondary to another psychiatric or physical illness.

Classifications of bipolar disorders

• Bipolar I disorder

1. At least one lifetime episode of mania, and usually (but not necessarily) episodes of depression
2. May also include episodes of hypomania

• Bipolar II disorder

1. Episodes of both hypomania and depression. No manic episodes

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Symptoms

• Feeling energised and “wired”
• Excessively seeking stimulation
• Needing less sleep
• Irritable if stopped from carrying out ideas
• Disinhibited
• Offensive or insensitive to the needs of others
• Spending money in an unusual manner or inappropriately
• Indiscreet and disregarding social boundaries
• Having poor self-regulation
• Making excessively creative and grandiose plans
• Having difficulty in discussing issues rationally or maturely
• Reporting enhanced sensory experiences

Treatments

• Medical management is the primary treatment such patient. Homeopathy helps in healing the disturbance from root cause and that reduces the mood disorders that patients suffers.

Emotional disturbance is also taken care of. mania and depressive symptoms also reduce over a period.

Few homeopathy medicines which help in such conditions are anacardium orientale, sepia, naja etc .

• Therapies like speech therapy, behavioural therapy etc along with medicine helps in recovering patients quickly.