Bipolar disorder is a unique affective syndrome marked by severe pathologic mood swings from hyperactivity and euphoria to sadness or depression. Some patients suffer from acute attacks of mania only. In many patients, manic episodes emerge over a period of days to weeks. Untreated episodes can last as long as 8 to 12 months, with [...] Read the full Article »

For people who are emotionally disturbed, there is much pain and distress that cannot be described to other people. Many times the pain is so overwhelming that it seems that no one will understand. The truth of the matter, however, is that if you know someone who has an emotional disturbance, you know that there [...] Read the full Article »

Sometimes, you feel sadness, guilt, depression, and isolation, often for no reason at all. At other times, you feel energetic, elated, expansive, or ecstatic, again, for no reason at all. Sometimes, your sleep and appetite are impaired. Other times, you experience severe anxiety or impulsive behavior. If these pendulum-swings of mood describe you, then it’s [...] Read the full Article »

Bipolar disorder is a relatively common but still unpleasant medical condition that causes a person to have sudden, uncontrolled mood swings. This is not to be confused with split personality disorder where the sufferer actually becomes a new person with every change. In this case, a victim will go through unexpected times of depression or [...] Read the full Article »

Most people experience a wide range of emotions throughout their lives, but people who suffer from bipolar disorder have a condition that makes their emotions so extreme that these mood swings can become dangerous to themselves and other people. Just as depression is more than just feeling sad or blue, bipolar disorder is a serious [...] Read the full Article »

Obtaining health insurance to cover any mental health condition, such as bipolar disorder, is problematic at best, impossible at worst. For more than a decade, the mental health parity has been a topic of debate. This states that health insurance companies are required to cover mental health conditions at the same level as physical ailments. [...] Read the full Article »

People who are suffering from bipolar disorder are not exempt from the other problems of life. Like everyone else, they are experiencing unemployment, bankruptcy and other factors that determine what type of healthcare a person can receive. However, unlike most others, manic depressives have a disease that requires medical attention. But for those without health [...] Read the full Article »

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, manic-depressive disorder, or bipolar affective disorder, is a mental health condition in which sufferers experience alternative periods of elation and depression. This condition is expensive to treat because it requires daily medication and frequent doctor’s visits. Unfortunately, if bipolar disorder is a pre-existing medical condition, patients may not [...] Read the full Article »

A diagnosis of bipolar or manic depression is often thought of as an automatic denial when it comes to health insurance, even if the diagnosis comes long after the health insurance policy has been purchased and put in place. While is can be very complicated to get coverage for bipolar disorder related treatment, it is [...] Read the full Article »

Lithium is a medication that is used for bipolar disorder and some forms of depression. This medication has many other uses in other forms, but as an anti-psychotic medication it is very strong and often highly addictive. Like other medications of its kind, doctors and insurance companies alike worry about patients developing ‘disorders’ to obtain [...] Read the full Article »