My life being Bipolar

So I’ve done this one before, but I found the book that’s been packed away since we moved here. And it gives great defining the many faces of bipolar as the book calls it. So this week I plan on doing articles from this book I’ve read. It helped me a lot when I was trying to understand my bipolar.

So you got…

Bipolar 1

Bipolar 1 is manic-depression at its dubious best. During this type you’ve experienced at least one full-blown manic or mixed episode and likely at least one major depression as well. In nearly three-quarters of bipolar 1 cases, mania and depression will switch off in a somewhat orderly progression, there’s really no rhyme or reason to the episodes: depression might lead to mania, or mania to depression. These can be mixed in a single week or day, or they can be separated by months or even years. It kind of sucks when you go thru in a single day. Bipolar 1 is the most severe form of bipolar disorder. If you have bipolar 1 and don’t treat it, you’re likely to experience as many as four mood episodes a year. Untreated manias might last for four months or more—- eternity spent in a world of frenzy. Untreated depression can linger for months and months on end; some can even last for a year or more. There are six different subtypes that can be diagnosed in bipolar 1.

·         Bipolar1: single manic episode

·         Bipolar1: most recent episode hypomanic

·         Bipolar1: most recent episode manic

·         Bipolar1: most recent episode mixed

·         Bipolar1: most recent episode depressed

·         Bipolar1: most recent episode unspecified

As of 2004 Bipolar 1 affects more than 1 million people in the Untied States, or about 1 percent of the population. Despite the fact that it is the best-known and most easily recognized form of the disorder, it is not the most common form

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