Bipolar Diagnosis: Making Sense of Mood Shifts and Managing Symptoms

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness for which one of the defining features is "mania", a prolonged period of elevated or expansive mood that is different than your usual mood. Dr. Benjamin Veness, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and JED Consulting Expert, provides valuable insights into the different types of bipolar disorder diagnoses and the available treatments. Treatment for bipolar disorder involves a combination of medications, psychological therapy, and lifestyle changes. Dr. Veness breaks down the two types of diagnosis of bipolar disorder, or "manic episodes," as well as the symptoms, and treatments available.
Understanding if you have bipolar disorder requires a professional diagnosis, and Dr. Veness emphasizes that the best way to understand if your mood swings or manic episodes are caused by bipolar disorder or something else is to talk to a professional. If you're worried you have bipolar disorder reach out to your primary caregiver or psychiatrist so they can help you or someone you know get to the bottom of the symptoms and recommend proper treatment.
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