Bipolar Disorder For Dummies

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Understand the realities of bipolar disorder

When one receives the diagnosis that they or a loved one has bipolar disorder, it can be a time of fear and worry. Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, 3rd Edition explains the brain chemistry behind the disease and covers the latest medications and therapies. You'll get reassuring, sound advice and self-help techniques that you and your loved ones, including kids and teens, can use to ease and eliminate symptoms, function in times of crisis, plan ahead for manic or depressive episodes, and feel a whole lot better. This new edition will include new and updated content on genetics, biochemistry, and imaging studies relevant to bipolar, expanded coverage on how to handle the high costs of treatment, and supporting a loved one (who may not want help, medications and treatment options, including DSM-5, ECT, and TMS along with new coverage on special populations (how bipolar affects different groups, like women and various ethnic groups and special populations, like seniors and expectant moms.

Bipolar disorder, which has also been called manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual mood swings and shifting energy levels. The symptoms of bipolar disorder can, if not understood and handled properly, wreak havoc on personal and professional relationships. Though bipolar disorder is a serious condition, it's one that can be treated! With a firm understanding of what you're dealing with, you can navigate your way through the challenges of bipolar disorder, whether you or a loved one suffers from this illness.

Recognize the warning signs of mania and depression, which may point to bipolar disorder

Understand where to find the latest treatment options

Stay on track with personal and professional aspects of life

Effectively and compassionately respond to rants, depression, mania, and other behaviors associated with bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, 3rd Edition offers straightforward, reassuring information about bipolar disorder to help you or your loved one conquer the disease.

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Introduction

Imagine yourself cruising down the highway at a comfortable speed of 65 miles per hour when your cruise control goes berserk. The speedometer climbs to 75 and then 85 … you hit the button to cancel … tap the brakes … 90 … nothing slows you down … 95 … your car is shaking and weaving … 100 … people are honking … 105 … police cars are chasing you … 110 … your spouse is yelling at you to SLOW DOWN … 115 … 120 … .

Or imagine the opposite: You’re driving through town in a 30-mile-per-hour speed limit zone. Nobody’s in front of you – you’re practically pushing the accelerator through the floor – but your car can only creep along at 3 miles per hour. Your neighbors are honking, passing you on the right – on bicycles – and giving you dirty looks and other gestures of discontent.

When you have bipolar disorder, your brain’s accelerator is stuck. At full speed, it launches you into a manic episode. In low gear, it grinds you down into a deep depression. If this were a situation with your heart, somebody would call an ambulance; doctors and nurses would flock to your bedside; loved ones would fly in from other states; and you’d get flowers and fruit baskets. But when your brain is stuck in park or overdrive, people tend to think you’re lazy, you’ve snapped, or you’re too weak to deal with life. Instead of flowers and fruit baskets, you get a pink slip and divorce papers.

The good news is that the mind mechanics – psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists – have toolboxes packed with medications and therapies that can repair your brain’s accelerator. In this book, we reveal those tools along with strategies and techniques you can use to achieve and maintain mood stability and to help yourself feel a whole lot better.

About This Book

Although psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists are better equipped than ever to treat bipolar disorder, studies increasingly show that the more involved patients and their loved ones are in the treatment plan, the better the outcome. Our goal in writing this book is to make you a well-informed patient or support person and to empower you to become a key player on the treatment team.

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