What exactly is bi-polar or manic depression?

My 25 year old daughter has suspected manic depression (bi-polar) and yet her behaviour doesn't appear similar to others with the illness. She seems to be angry for much of the time, and doesn't stop talking. Can anyone else out there tell me of their own experiences with manic depressive family members

Experience--- I am bi-polar....and I'm only 18 years old... my mother won't let me drive because I have such a anger problem. I am angry all the time and seem to want to cut myself lately. I cry sometimes for no reason, I say ( I want to die) alot, I am a really mean and rude person because I am bi-polar. It is something that MUST be treated with medication. My meds aren't working that well so they are being replaced. You should look up on what bi-polar and manic depression is, it is a horrible thing to have an quite serious.

my dad was manic depressant and he was always in a bad mood always had freak outs the best thing is to leave them alone let them do their thing. but love them and only give good loving attention. bipolar most of them commit suicide, which is a known fact. so be very careful.

alternation bt depression and mania during manic state the person is over talkative overactive and elated and has little sleep
my little brother has it and he was real violent and angry and he could'nt sleep but he is on meds know and he seem normal

It is not depression it is the exact opposite.

Mania has lots of ways of manifesting. The person may be more prone to anger. They are energetic all the time. They don't sleep. They might shop all the time and spend lots of money.
The constant talking is another way it could manifest. They could start talking about doing great things. Or start new hobbies seemingly out of the blue.

After the manic episode, the person may "come down" or "crash" into a depression episode.

So don't confuse mania with depression.

Here's some Wikipedia for you:

My best friend is also a manic depressive. She takes strong medication to get her thru the day but 1 trivial thing could set her off and she becomes very angry, wanting to kill the people who have upset her or if she's upset she harms herself and it takes hrs to calm her down. Her mood swings from one extreme to the other every day but during the times when she is happy, she's just a normal, loving person. Hope your daughter gets treatment soon and will recover quickly otherwise it may last years.

Bi-polar (formerly called manic-depression), is a disease which causes extreme highs and then extreme lows in mood. It was explained to me like a roller-coaster.
What a lot of people don't understand is that 1) you only have to have had one manic episode to be diagnosed, 2) there are variations in the extent to which an "extreme" mood is experienced, and 3) mania does not necessarily mean "happy."
Mania is often accompanied by a decreased need for sleep, many people report an increase in creativity, some people go on shopping/spending binges, and it can resemble drug-induced psychosis or schizophrenia in extreme cases. These phases do not normally last for a very long time, generally because the body wears itself out.
Then the person begins to level out (during which time they often think they don't have a problem and don't need their meds - so they stop).
Next, they move towards the depressive stage, which may last for a longer period of time.
There are different types of bipolar which are diagnosed based on the presenting cycle of the particular patient.
The people that I've known with this disease tended to have longer depressive periods when they were anti-social and generally lacking in energy, etc. I only know one person with regular periods of mania (not in extreme form) and he feels more creative during these periods, but is also more irritable and irrational about most things (which comes off as angry/annoyed a lot).
Good luck.

Mental illnesses are very difficult to be diagnosed. Furthermore everybody could suffer from a mental illness but noone was there to tell him thats his/her behaviour wasnt right-proper-normal. As far as manic depression is conserned i have to point out that it doesnt have to do anything with the syptoms of depression. When someone suffers from manic depression he is cyclothyme. He might be hypotonic right now and extremely energetic the moment after. Thats the reason its called bi-pollar!

So if your daughter does suffer from this mental illness, she might doesnt have "passed" in th hypotonic zone yet. Maybe the succession of these controversial feelings is longer then the usual! But i point out again, that it might be a different mental illness than the one she is diagnosed with! Ithink u should get a second opinion by a versed psychiatrist, just in case, in order to recieve the right treatment.

I am so sorry that you have looked for support and only found scary anecdotes. Please know that lots of individuals have manic depression and live a good, happy life for most of the time. I know doctors who have manic depression. They get on with their lives - and are wise enough to know that if their friends tell them they are ill then they should address it.

It's not a one way trip to hell. It's survivable. She can beat this.

I had a friend at med school who was a manic depressant. She left, spent some time in hospital to get stabilised and then went back to med school. She was very lovable and a lovely person, but she had an illness. She didn't let it define her.

The outcome of manic depression is very variable. A lot of manic depressives find that stress sparks off an episode, so some careers are harder than others. But on the other hand they are creative individuals, who give alot on their good days.

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As you can see, this illness gives alot. But it is a hard thing to live with.

The not stopping talking sounds like mania (is she running about, talking too fast, not sleeping, too many ideas, embarking on new projects but not finishing them, shopping too much??).

There is treatment. And there is support for you. If she is manically depressed then there's medication for her to go on which will set her back on track. She'll probably be on medication for all her life to control the illness (although some manic depressives are able to manage their illness without medication through diet and lifestyle modification this isn't for during the acute phase).

Keep your chin up.

I've ha bi=polar for years haven't been angry much of the time. If you need help e-mail me at jrbsweb

This might be helpful
http://sensitive-psychoworld.blogspot.co...

Hi I myself cope with this condition in short it is a chemical in balance in the Brain & can be server in sum cases but mailed in others I can relate to the angry bit as I can be the same you might try to ignore this so it does not escalate this symptom she will come around in her own time with understanding & care a non confrontational manner is the key hear go to a help center & findoutmore (Mind) is a good one to chose they will help both of you to understand the manic & the depression side of this illness

Hello there,

I have suffered from the Bi Polar mania and Depression, I know for a fact the Bi Polar mania is liked to the Kundalini Yoga mania. The mania is severe extacy or Nirvana. Most Bi Polars love the mania because it makes them feel really good. Some of the time the mania is so strong it will make people experiance profound effects on the Brain and Body. It is a maturation of the human mind and symptoms Include increased intellegence, increase in writing reading, and cognitive skills.

Bi Polars are usually drug users, but do not have to use them to become Bi Polar.

I have read that Hallucinogenic or psycodelic Drugs stimulate the Kundalini yoga. Including LSD, Mushrooms, Marijuana, Salvia and including the precious Metal Gold also known as the Hidden Manna in the Bible! Near death experiences and fasting also stimulate. The funny thing is the Human mind is capable of producing a natural hallucinogen in its self after other hallucinogens are used called Dimethyltryptamine(DMT).

Wikipedia states:
DMT creates legal dilemmas in many countries because possession is illegal but at the same time the drug is naturally present in the human body.

Erowid Law states:
N,N-DMT is Schedule I in the United States. This means it is illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute (sell, trade or give) without a DEA license.

Even though the Human mind manufactures DMT naturally!

Kundalini yoga is the true goal of spiritual baptisim, path to immortality, path of enlightenment, Stairway to Heaven, also known as the "Holy Spirit", and finding the Kingdom of Heaven in the bible, the most jealously guarded secrets in human history and the path to Interior Illumination. In other words this is the path that Jesus Christ found, including other famous people including Joan of Ark, Dali Lahma, Budda, Gopi Krisna, ect.

I have read that the Kundalini awakening is the same thing as Shaman's sickness or Shaman's illness, they call it an illness because the person experiencing this transformation becomes mental, because the symptoms are undescribable!

If one studys Bi-Polar disorder to the fullest extent they will discover that Bi-Polar disorder is Premature Kundalini! I was told by a doctor that if a Bi-polar experiances these kundalini symptoms and explains the symptoms to a Brahman Preist they will be declared a Kundalini Activist or a Shaman which is rarer then Genius! Another interesting peice of information is that I noticed Bi-Polar dates back to 49 A.D. to 150 A.D. The Kundalini dates back 500,000 B.C.! Bi-Polar is used because most in the Western hemisphere do not accept the Kundalini Yoga to be real. So Bi-Polar was used and most of the symptoms were dropped because the Kundalini symptoms started the psychosis all over again!

I was studying Yoga and in the past in some tribes around the world the poor would consume the urine from the rich that consume these psycodelic drugs because the rich were the only people able to afford the drugs that stimulate the Kundalini!

i am 34 and was diagnosed with manic depession a few years ago over the years i have struggled with who i am and spent years self medicating with heroin now im clean on meds for my mania im still married have 1 daughter and another baby due any day. im still mad as th hatter i talk too much and get carried away but my family accepts me and loves me, just be patiant with your daughter

i have bi polar and take medication for it. before i was angry all the time wanted to kill someone rather than look at them was in total despair thought everyone was out to get me. i am happy most days now. when i did research on bi polar little or none of the syptoms matched how i was i think no one person can match a list of symptoms everybodys different.
if your daughter is bi polar she wont become a different person it will be a relief that she as finally been diagnosed with something
it may give her the answers she was looking for

my sister in law is a manic depressive and its an imbalance of the brain chemicals sometimes she is fine then others she is crying then othertimes she is on a high laughing but if she does not take her tabs she is very low and teary

this is the mental illness du jour due to too much Star Bucks ingestion

in the cases i've known, its attributed to people who are selfish, and inconsiderate of others,and want everything their way only, and act like a spoiled child, and obviously haven't beendisciplined by their parents.Everyone can click thumbs down on me, that's fine, but i was asked about my own experiences, and that is my experiences. It is true in my extended family, i can't speak for other people though, just like you can't speak for other people you don't know.