Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder. Bipolar disorder causes episodes of mania (severely elevated mood) and episodes of depression.

Symptoms include:

- Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
For example: thinking you are the greatest because of an inflated sense of worth, power, knowledge, importance, or identity; you can do anything without worrying about the consequences.

- Pressured speech
For example: speaking so quickly that another person can hardly get a word in edgewise.

- increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school).

- more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking.

- attention is easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant items.

- Reckless or Impulsive Behavior.

- elated (proud and joyful) Mood.

- Irritability or Hostility.

Courtesy of http://www.mentalhealth.com
and http://www.bipolarmaniainfo.com