Diagnosis & Treatments

Bipolar Disorder is a mood swing disorder where a person suffers from either phases of mania and hyper mood or attacks of sadness and depression. Caused by chemical imbalances, genetic, medical, environmental and other factors, Bipolar Disorder can be diagnosed and treated.

The occurrence of Bipolar Brian Disorders is now a common thing and more and more people are being diagnosed for this illness. Although the symptoms are clear, Bipolar-II is poorly recognized. Usually the diagnosis is done by keeping in mind the real symptoms and their similarity to general behavior, for example it is important for a doctor or medical expert to distinguish between mania and general mode of euphoria in a person. The very resemblance between a normal stage of joy and mania symptoms causes problem in the diagnosis of Bipolar-II, thus a medical expert or doctor has to take care of persistence of factors like persistence of the illness as well as any history or previous case of mania or depression.

During the diagnosis, a doctor also has to distinguish between other causes of the symptoms, such as Unipolar, ADHD, Schizophrenia, other mood swing factors and more. Doctors also make use of laboratory tests, imaging test like MRI or PET scans for detecting any abnormality or problem in the brain.

The aim of treatment in a Bipolar Disorder is to cut down the frequency of episodes as we’ll as to cure the mania or depression attacks. Most common drugs used for treatments include mood stabilizers, Antiseizure Drugs, Atypical Antipsychotics, Lithium and more.


Diagnosis & Treatments