Muzna

Is there any easy way to do this?

Hashmat Usmani

raania

someone I know was misdiagnosed for schizophrenia whilst it was bipolar. Please go to a good psychiatrist for opinion. Sometimes medicines also don't suit patients. Prozac is a wonder drug but didnt suit the person and the docs didn't find that out for quite a few months

cricket Pari

u would need to find a good psychiatrist/psychologist so they can officially diagnose it. Meanwhile take a look at the symptoms,is the person suffering from violent mood swings?change in appetite?insomnia?etc. Displaying several symptoms points towards bipolar disorder however do bear in mind sometimes it can take up to 6 months to diagnose it. The treatment generally used is therapy,antipsychotic drugs,and in severe cases,an operation but I suggest therapy as it can be really effective and the one with least side effects
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diwana

Bipolar disorder by definition is both mania and depression but conventionally only one event of mania is enough for the diagnosis.

Mania is fast acting mind or racing mind and person acts unusual as example the person buys things a lot/spends money, borrows money from different sources, talks fast and too much, sleeps less, hyper active, eats less, engages in sexual activities a lot and eventually gets exhausted and sleeps for hours or days.

Some drugs may make the person do that also especially too many diet pills or those having nasal decongestants.

Treatment is by medicine is quite satisfactory but it comes back if medicines are stopped.

Lithium is a good medicine also for bipolar disorder.

Sometimes treating or over treating depression with medicines makes the person go in to mania if there is bipolar disorder.

Simply speaking:

Mania= fast

Depression= slow

Bipolar= Mania alone or both mania and depression periodically.

Mehnaz

How can you tell the difference between someone who is bipolar and someone who has a narcissistic personality disorder? A lot of the symptoms overlap. What do you do in situations where the person doesn't think he/she has a problem? Cause in these types of scenarios, issues are deflected onto the other party, allowing the indnividual in question to carry on believing they are 'ok'.