mental illness bipolar

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Q: what are the causes of bipolar disorder or mental illness?
my aunt has mental illness aka bipolar disorder. i want to know what are the causes of it. thanks!!!

A: Several factors seem to be involved in causing and triggering bipolar episodes:

Biological differences. People with bipolar disorder appear to have physical changes in their brains. The significance of these changes is still uncertain but may eventually help pinpoint causes.

Neurotransmitters. An imbalance in naturally occurring brain chemicals called neurotransmitters
seems to play a significant role in bipolar disorder and other mood disorders.

Hormones. Imbalanced hormones may be involved in causing or triggering bipolar disorder.

Inherited traits. Bipolar disorder is more common in people who have a blood relative (such as a sibling or parent) with the condition. Researchers are trying to find genes that may be involved in causing bipolar disorder.

Environment. Stress, abuse, significant loss or other traumatic experiences may play a role in bipolar disorder.

Q: Could my school help me with a mental illness like bipolar?
Could the school help me in any ways if i have a mental illness like bipolar ?
•Cyclothymia bipolar disorder

Would the school be to be a bit lenient ?

A: if you are seeing a psychiatrist or other medical person treating you for this illness then you can get a letter from them stating your illness and the symptoms of it. your school has to work with you on it according to the law as a person with a disability. that does not mean that you can do as you like but that does mean that they have to try and work with you within certain borders. i went through this with my son when he was in school. he suffers from Tourettes. being bipolar myself i know how hard it can be to concentrate and control a racing mind one day or even one hour and the next being very depressed and unable to function as i should. try to find out as much information as you can online and also give it to your school nurse or counselor with the letter from your doctor and see what happens. that is all that you can do. Many Blessings to you!

Q: What do you think of when you hear the term mental illness, or bipolar disorder?
i would like to know what people think about bipolar disorder, and what kinds of images the term brings to mind. I would really like to get people’s opinions, and there are no wrong answers. please be honest. thank you.

A: I am a sufferer, so you’d think I’d have a soft answer, but I don’t. Maybe because I have it, when I hear “bipolar disorder” it gives me a jolt in the pit of my stomach. I guess I don’t want to be reminded that I have it. Sometimes I’m able to go hours without being aware of it, and those hours are bliss.

Q: I have a mental illness -schizoaffective bipolar I, should I be worried about a disability review?
I’ve been disabled for 5 years already, tried working and I get stressed out and have depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and I was unable to sleep even with medications.

at least I tried working. Should I be worried about getting my disability cut off from social security?

A: They won’t cut you off. They do have help though for those who want to become self sufficient and learn a vocation or need educational resources. It is called a Ticket to work. Then you can see if there is a way to work at a job that might just be part-time and turn into a therapeutically good change for you. But when you get a questionnaire from SSA tell them exactly how you feel. Working is a privilege not a means to sickness and getting worse. And if you do feel you can work they will wait for a long time (yrs) before you are completely on your own. Just see your doctor and change if your not getting better and don,t worry about that because what difference is it going to make if your sick anyway. If the president can reform the current health care situation the way he wants feel less anxiety. It’s all about getting better, then working or unemployment or living in the streets is better than being so sick. Hope you feel better, watch out and be worried more about taking good care so you don’t get any physical disease also and anxiety can really be bad. A good doctor understands that.To work “is the good ole times”. You can go to www.socialsecurity.gov/work
/recievingbenefits

Q: Do people who have a mental illness like bipolar or depression?
ever get married and if they do … do they usually end up with someone that is unstable like themselves?

A: No – in my experience (family members) they always seem to marry someone who does not suffer from mental diseases, like depression or bipolar.

It is weird.

Peace.

Q: mental illness bipolar mind games?
If a person was playing mind games and plays with your emotions
And I have Bipolar and OCD
Ho w does this effect someone with mental illness?

A: It can be very painful to you, you need to avoid anyone that is trying to get inside your head to play games. The results can be devastating.

You need to surround yourself with good honest people, that understand who YOU are, it’s not easy, trust me I know. But given enough time, effort, and patience… You can have a good, happy life without worrying if people will mess with your head.

Take everything in small steps and take nothing to heart till you realize whats important, avoid things that can trigger the mood swings.

Q: Would having a mental illness like Bipolar disorder make one not eligible for jobs in the US State department?
If he/she is taking a mood stabilizer?

A: No, that would be illegal

Q: How to deal with Mom with a Mental Illness-Bipolar Disorder?
My mom has been bipolar since I was 2 years old. I am now 25. My childhood was affected by her disorder-I spent holidays w/ aunts because she was always in the hospital after trying to kill herself. I spent my life raising my brother who is 11 months younger then me. When I was in high school I moved in w/ my dad and step mom-because I wanted a “normal” life. . I am a currently a LPN (nurse) & still in college getting my RN degree. I work part time & attend school full time.
Well my mom is now in a home & recenlty has complained to me about everything that my brother & I dont do. We pick her up every other weekend for a pass,visit her once a week,& talk to her on the phone about 3 -5 times a week. And I guess that aint enough. She recently told me that she was talking to her friend about me & her friend said “I am glad I dont have a daughter like yours”
I was hurt! I have made excuses for her cuz of her mental illness. How do I stop making excuses for her?Enough is enough.
Ideas?

A: It sounds like your mom lives with more than just Bi-Polar d/o – she reeks of borderline personality disorder. You’re doing nothing wrong, a great deal right, and you know that no matter what you do, it’s never going to be good enough, so stop trying. Set firm limits with mom, maintain personal boundaries with great consistency. I strongly urge you to consider supportive counseling for at least a brief time. FYI – a staggering percentage of people in the nursing profession come from families like the one you grew up in with your mom and a staggering percentage of research has demonstrated that people who work in the helping professions tend to be excellent at caring for others and not good at caring for themselves (especially emotionally)

Q: is there a way I can join the army if i have a mental illness and bipolar disorder?
i can handle it. I don’t have a bad case. Its just when people talk about my family i black out.

A: Probably not. It totally sucks, but Bipolar is a total DQ for a lot of things in life. You can’t be a pilot either, which sucks cause I’ve always wanted to fly. The problem is the instability. Depression is predictable cause you’re down, and can usually be brought up with meds. But Bipolar is so varying its hard to peg down. And the instability freaks people out.

How much I hate to say it, I also wouldn’t let any jobs you may get know about it. People are stupid when it comes to understanding this condition.

Q: How is mental illness such as bipolar/manic depression + depression in general treated in egypt?
According to someone w/ a psychology degree in egypt, acceptance and understanding of mental disorders is a fairly new phenomenon. I’d like to know what kind of treatment people w/ bipolar receive in egypt since I find those w/ the “disease” fascinating individuals (tend to be musicians and artists…and to the potential uninformed person who wants to go off on multiple personalities and schizophrenia, it’s medically not the same as manic depression/bipolar. You’ll find that fact pointed out in a beginning psychology text book). Also, if recognition of mental illness isn’t as prevalent since the acceptance of mental sicknesses are kind of new, is there a severely high rate of suicide or other destructive behaviors? And with the lack of availability of jobs preventing ppl. from marrying at the time they would like to marry (and probably being a major factor in ppl. feeling sexually repressed and possibly upset often because of it), are depression rates high? If so, what is done4 it

A: I agree, it is really only just being acknowledged as a treatable condition in many countries, including Egypt.
Regarding Egypt,one problem faced is the difficulty of obtaining a correct diagnosis.
Most Egyptian people can not afford to seek a medical referral to a consulting specialist diagnostician in this area.
Many in fact cannot afford basic medical care,so this type of condition if recognised, becomes a low priority for committing money to.
There are among some, cultural issues to be considered.
More pronounced conditions also go untreated, not just because of the families financial situation and lack of treatment centres.
But also because any “illness” that is considered to weaken a person’s character, such as bipolar /manic depression, would be a form of discredit to the whole family.
Especially if the patient was male.
Up until very recently this was also the attitude of Western cultures,including America ,Europe and Australia.
Many would send the affected family member away to distant relatives to be cared for.
Or have them institutionalised.
It was a relatively common practice to lock the individual away from the eyes of even close friends and neighbours.
Denial by the individual is likely to play a very big part in the lack of those diagnosed and treated .
If at all possible, a normal “front” is played out with excuses made for the severe episodes.
This is still prevalent in the West,and is unlikely to change much at all in Egypt and other countries whose public health care system is deficiant in so many areas,such as education and availability by all to treatment.
Until education enlightens the inherent fear of any problem affecting our way of behaviours, those with these types of conditions will sadly continue to go untreated .

Q: Hypothetical Question: Could a Sociopath have a secondary mental illness, such as Bipolar Disorder?
Sociopaths lack empathy and a conscience, also emotions to a degree. They aren’t capable of loving someone the way the average person can.
Someone with Bipolar has extreme mood swings and other struggles that are rooted in their Bipolar.
Could someone have all the symptoms on a day-to-day basis of a Sociopath, but also have the mood swings of someone with Bipolar? As in, be a Sociopath AND Bipolar?

- Hypothetical Question.

A: Yes. Bipolar is genetic and is a chemical imbalance…. Sociopathy (or AntiSocial Personality Disorder which is it’t official name) is a personality disorder, which is a learned set of behaviors that the person developed as a defense against abuse, neglet, etc, in childhood….. It would be like having Diabetes and a broken bone… One is a chemical imbalance and the other is an injury…..

Q: My husband is diagonised by psycharist with manic-depressive mental illness (Bipolar) but doesnot believe it?
My husband is diagonised by psycharist with manic-depressive mental illness (Bipolar) but he doesnot believe that he has mental illness and doesnot take medications. What will happen if he doesnot take medications at all. We donot have kids. What are the chances of offspring getting this mental illness? Though I love him, I feel on the practical aspect of life it is hard and draining for me.We live in a joint Indian family where even his parents donot understand what he is going through. In such an unsupportive environment, Should I continue my relationship with him or seek a divorce? What should I do? Kindly help.

A: I can’t tell you whether you should stay with your husband or not, but I can point to some resources for help:

This website has information on mental illness: http://www.nami.org/ There is also a number you can call for support. If you’re in the US, there is also information about local support groups.

If you have a good relationship with his parents, I would try to help educate them about mental illness. It isn’t easy to accept that somebody you love has a mental illness, but your husband needs their support regardless of whether you stay with him.

Q: are you born with mental illness? like bipolar or borderline personality disorder?
or do they just develop over time? are these illnesses related ?

A: Some mental illnesses like Bipolar and Schizophrenia you are born with but it usually take an event to trigger the actual disorder……. Borderline (and other “personality disorders”) develop over time, usually because of a nasty childhood or other traumatic events……. Borderline and Bipolar often coexist because someone with Bipolar usually is raised in a family with other mentally ill people and that can make for the events necessary to develop personality disorders…………..

Q: Is it likely Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are suffering from mental illness ,perhaps bipolar schizophrenia?
and such has clouded their political views as well as perspectives on $$$$$?
see it is easy to explain <2> of Americas greatest $$$$$$$ makers.

A: I doubt it’s any ‘mental illness’, as such. Anybody commenting, to the amount they do, on socio-political views might lack attention somewhere else in their life, thus, rendering them a bit ‘nuts’.

Having worked closely with Mr. Limbaugh in the early 1990’s, there is a focus and drive most common people do not have. Rush started out wanting to be the “…most listened-to broadcaster in the United States…”, not caring what venue he chose. Knowing full well he’d get a reaction to politics, that’s what his listeners glommed onto. It snowballed from there. Several times I’ve heard say to an over-enthusiastic listener to tone it down and it’s just a radio program; no desire to start a revolution or march on Washington.

True about the money, which is why anyone stays at that level. They’d talk about Amana Refrigerators or River Valley Warts, for instance, if it landed the more money than politics does. It really doesn’t matter about the subject they talk about. The truth to them is having their niche and keeping the advertisers on board.

This is also true about, Art, Casey, Danny, James, Dr. D., Clifton, Paul, Don, Garrison, Alan, George, Oliver, John, Will, Laura, Ryan, Gordon, Nancy, Keith, Rachel and Howard.

Peace.

T

Q: Is Bipolar a severe mental illness?
I am being treated with 15mg Olanzapine(Zyprexa), I have been on it for a week now. My psych said it sounds like i have Bipolar. Is Bipolar a severe mental illness?Plus i heard Bipolar is similar to Schizophrenia. Is this true?

A: If treated correctly, people with bi polar can go on to live fully productive normal lives. dont worry

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