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The Bouncing Brain Getting into the world of bipolar 2-28-14

This photo shows the different types of bipolar and the severeness.

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Bipolar disorder

life. The earlier diagnosed the

always keep the physician

All around the world people suffer with mental illnesses.

There are some many types of mental illnesses, some aren’t even named. Anybody can suffer from these mental illness.

Did you know that about 5.7 million people are diagnosed with bipolar disorder or has it? bipolar disorder or manic depression is a disorder that affects your mood.There are different types of bipolar disorder, manic and depressive. Manic causes periods of hyperactive actions and always busying yourself with different projects.

Depression causes periods of depression and suicidal thoughts.

better because as time goes on without treatment the disorder can get worse and affect you in unsatisfactory ways. Many things can amplify the

informed about any such changes” because it is crucial to the treatment.

what is bipolar disorder?

What is life like with it?

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness, it affects your mood and ability to function.

Bipolar is a chronic, or long lasting illness, it can be cured but its very rare for it to be cured. Scientist say that “About 25 percent with the disease can be cured with treatment”. If it is cured, it is only cured for a short amount of time. Doctors

symptoms and make your behavior dreadful and it would be very treacherous for other people to be around you.

Doctors suggest that patients with manic use antidepressants.

What are causes of bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is caused by many things.Bipolar disorder can be spread in genes or DNA. Bad experiences or events that are highly stressful may also cause bipolar disorder.

Research shows that physical and verbal abuse can lead to bipolar disorder.Scientist and research state that “bipolar disorder tends to run in families, so scientist have deduced that genetics is one factor that causes it.”

What are treatments for bipolar disorder?

Treatments for bipolar

recommend getting treatment multiple times because in a short amount of time the treatment wears off and it returns. Life with bipolar is very

disorder. Research shows that patients should get treatment many times because it is a recurring disorder. In recent research it is found that “doctors

challenging. Bipolar is very dangerous,it can end peoples

say that bipolar patients should

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Lexicon Organizer Word & Page #

Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

ntidepressan adjective s

Definition

Relevance or importance to topic/time period.

Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!)

(chiefly of a drug) used to alleviate depression.

Antidepressants are important because some doctors recommend them for bipolar patients with depression

Janice finally got the antidepressants from her doctor, after weeks of waiting.

cetylcholine

Noun

a compound that occurs throughout the nervous system, in which it functions as a neurotransmitter .

Can cause bipolar disorder if something gets messed up

Neurotransmitter control acetylcholine, which is like metabolism.

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noun

(of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring: chronic bronchitis. Often contrasted with

Chronic is important to the topic because its the length of how long the disease lasts.

Diabetes, hearts disease and cancer are all chronic diseases.

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Lexicon Organizer acute cyclothymia

Noun

a mental state characterized by marked swings of mood between depression and elation;; manic-­depressiv e tendency.

Cyclothymia is Mia has cyclothymia. important because it is relating to a type of bipolar disorder

Depression

noun

severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy.

• Medicine a condition of mental disturbance characterized by such feelings to a greater degree than seems warranted by the

Depression is A traumatic event important because caused Susan to go you may feel into depression. depressed if you have bipolar disorder

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Lexicon Organizer external circumstances, typically with lack of energy and difficulty in maintaining concentration or interest in life: clinical depression.

depressive

adjective

causing feelings of hopelessness, despondency, and dejection.

Depressive is When the dog left important because Susanne felt very you may feel depressive depressed if you have bipolar disorder

DNA

Noun

deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-­replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes.

It is the carrier of genetic information.

DNA is important because bipolar disorder can run in your dna

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Lexicon Organizer Endocrine

adjective

of, relating to, or Is or can cause denoting glands bipolar disorder that secrete hormones or other products directly into the blood: the endocrine system.

Metabolism/ endocrine can cause bipolar disorder.

hyperactive

adjective

abnormally or extremely active: a hyperactive pituitary gland.

A mood you may feel with bipolar disorder

Georgia was very hyperactive because of her bipolar disorder.

Hypomania

Noun

a mild form of mania, marked by elation and hyperactivity.

Type of bipolar

Hypomania and mania of both types of bipolar disorder.

Hypomanic

adjective

a mild form of mania, marked by elation and hyperactivity.

Type of bipolar

Hypomania and mania of both types of bipolar disorder.

Genes

Noun

(in informal use) Bipolar can run in a unit of heredity genes that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is

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Shortness ran in the Collins genes.

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Lexicon Organizer held to determine some characteristic of the offspring: proteins coded directly by genes.

Lithium

Noun

the chemical element of atomic number 3, a soft silver-­white metal. It is the lightest of the alkali metals.(Symbol: Li )

Lithium is Lithium can be found important because in some types of clay. it can be in treatments for bipolar disorder.

Mania

Noun

mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.

Mania is a type of bipolar disorder

Julie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder,which caught her by surprise

Manic

adjective

showing wild and apparently deranged

Relating to a person with mania

Julie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder,which caught

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Lexicon Organizer excitement and energy: his manic enthusiasm | a manic grin.

her by surprise

mental

adjective

of, relating to, or suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind: a mental hospital.

• [ predic. ] informal insane;; crazy: every time I'm five minutes late, they go mental .

Neurotransmit ter

noun

a chemical A cause of bipolar substance that disorder. is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, causes

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mental is important because it is the type of illness relating to the topic.

Some types of mental disorders are social anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and drug addiction.

Neurotransmitters control metabolism,acetylcholi ne and other things that help your body.

Ame

Lexicon Organizer the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or some other structure. psychosis

Noun

a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

Physiologically Noun

the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

• the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions: the physiology of the brain.

related to bipolar disorder because they are both very bad mental illnesses

Psychosis can cause you to go crazy.

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Images: • https://www.imhro.org/sites/imhro.org/files/bipolar-scale.jpg

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