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Anytime!Again. The Forum always brings the news. Always. Thanks for sharing.
Anytime!Again. The Forum always brings the news. Always. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah I hear you. My fiancé was bi polar and passed away 4 years ago now from an overdose. Living with that is a very difficult thing so you sir are a hero. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family sir.Not exactly. Both clinical depression and bipolar disorder are brain chemistry issues. I have a daughter who is bipolar and I’ve had to learn some of these things.
Depression and bipolar disorder both are problems caused by either the lack or too much of the brain chemicals serotonin and dopamine. Or in the case of bipolar disorder, it’s more like the person’s brain chemistry is very erratic.
When a bipolar person experiences a “manic episode”, their brain is flooded with dopamine, causing high energy behavior, sometimes resulting in risky or inappropriate behavior. When the opposite happens, the bipolar person can become seriously depressed or even angry for non obvious reasons. Thus, you see the highs and lows with untreated bipolar disorder.
This is certainly a non-medical, probably over simplified explanation. Both depression and bipolar disorder are brain chemistry issues. I’ve learned you cannot talk someone out of depression or expect someone suffering from one of these ailments to just snap out of it. Mental health is a real issue that we all have so much still to learn about. The brain is still a frontier where we have lots to learn.
Not exactly. Both clinical depression and bipolar disorder are brain chemistry issues. I have a daughter who is bipolar and I’ve had to learn some of these things.
Depression and bipolar disorder both are problems caused by either the lack or too much of the brain chemicals serotonin and dopamine. Or in the case of bipolar disorder, it’s more like the person’s brain chemistry is very erratic.
When a bipolar person experiences a “manic episode”, their brain is flooded with dopamine, causing high energy behavior, sometimes resulting in risky or inappropriate behavior. When the opposite happens, the bipolar person can become seriously depressed or even angry for non obvious reasons. Thus, you see the highs and lows with untreated bipolar disorder.
This is certainly a non-medical, probably over simplified explanation. Both depression and bipolar disorder are brain chemistry issues. I’ve learned you cannot talk someone out of depression or expect someone suffering from one of these ailments to just snap out of it. Mental health is a real issue that we all have so much still to learn about. The brain is still a frontier where we have lots to learn.