health: bipolar disorder

in the name of Allah The Most Beneficent The Most Merciful


Salam alaik everyone~ =)

erm, recently i was searching for something useful and worth enough to read and i remembered about this one illness. it is not a chronic disease but somehow more or less affecting our psychology and attitude and life.

have u guys heard about BIPOLAR DISORDER?

Bipolar disorder causes dramatic mood swings—from overly “high” and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, often with periods of normal mood in between. Severe changes in energy and behavior go along with these changes in mood. The periods of highs and lows are called episodes of mania and depression.

Signs and symptoms of mania (or a manic episode) include:

• Increased energy, activity, and restlessness
• Excessively “high,” overly good, euphoric mood
• Extreme irritability
• Racing thoughts and talking very fast, jumping from one idea to another
• Distractibility, can’t concentrate well
• Little sleep needed
• Unrealistic beliefs in one’s abilities and powers
• Poor judgment
• Spending sprees
• A lasting period of behavior that is different from usual
• Increased sexual drive
• Abuse of drugs, particularly cocaine, alcohol, and sleeping medications
• Provocative, intrusive, or aggressive behavior
• Denial that anything is wrong

Signs and symptoms of depression (or a depressive episode) include:

• Lasting sad, anxious, or empty mood
• Feelings of hopelessness or pessimism
• Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness
• Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed, including sex
• Decreased energy, a feeling of fatigue or of being “slowed down”
• Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
• Restlessness or irritability
• Sleeping too much, or can’t sleep
• Change in appetite and/or unintended weight loss or gain
• Chronic pain or other persistent bodily symptoms that are not c au sed by physical illness or injury
• Thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts

  

A mild to moderate level of mania is called hypomania. Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it and may even be associated with good functioning and enhanced productivity. Thus even when family and friends learn to recognize the mood swings as possible bipolar disorder, the person may deny that anything is wrong. Without proper treatment, however, hypomania can become severe mania in some people or can switch into depression.

Sometimes, severe episodes of mania or depression include symptoms of psychosis (or psychotic symptoms). Common

psychotic symptoms are hallucinations (hearing, seeing

, or otherwise sensing the presence of things not actually there) and delusions (false, strongly held beliefs not influenced by logical reasoning or explained by a person’s usual cultural concepts). Psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder tend to reflect the extreme mood state at the time. For example, delusions of grandiosity, such as believing one is the President or has special powers or wealth, may occur during mania; delusions of guilt or worthlessness,

such as believing that one is ruined and penniless or has committed some terrible crime, may appear during depression. People with bipolar disorder who have these symptoms are sometimes incorrectly diagnosed as having schizophrenia, another severe ment al illness

Symptoms of mania and depression may occur together in what is called a mixed bipolar state. Symptoms of a mixed state often include agitation, trouble sleeping, significant change in appetite, psychosis, and suicidal thinking. A person may have a very sad, hopeless mood while at the same time feeling extremely energized.

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If u guys are facing some of the simptoms above, take actions and go for a check-up. And somehow, sometimes i do feel like i'm having this kind of illness.
(which totally scared me off!)
but after a while i realized it was due to depression only. (eh, seriusl y my mind is healthy k~)

but then, who knows that we might end up having this illness if we never seriously take note and care about ourselves. (Nauzhubillah..)

Medications tu sem uanya untuk para pesakit. But then, bg saya lebih baik mencegah daripada merawat bila dah terkena.

Salah satu petua ialah dengan selalu dan rajin-rajinkanlah diri membaca Al-Quran dan mentadabbur ayat-ayat yang kita dah baca. Selain dapat membersihkan hati, it can also mend the heart.

In fact sebenarnya bangun malam untuk Qiam tu juga one of the ways which helps us reduce the level of depression in ourselves. Sebab, di saat itu hanya ada kita dan Pencipta kita sahaja. dan di kala itu juga, kita rasa b ebas dari bebanan dan keterikatan dengan kehidupan dunia kita. Make the time valuable enough untuk mengadu, merintih & memohon kepada DIA. Dalam setiap sujud itu menunjukkan tanda betapa rendah & lemahnya kita sebagai hamba di hadapan DIA. betapa tinggi & agungnya DIA sebagai pencipta yg MAHA.

if we can make a close connection with others why would it be so hard to do the same with our Creator?

ask ourselves deeply, have we spend one specific time in our days for Him. just for Him, mind & soul?