Depression, Anxiety And Bipolar Disorder

Mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are not diseases they are disorders. Although there are many different types of mental illnesses three of the ones most people hear about are depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Some people will say a lot of these disorders are in people's head but they are very serious disorders. A mental illness can affect a person’s way of thinking and/ or living, normally it is a negative effect but there might be a positive effect depending what the mental illness is. Depression is a disorder that can change someone's way of living; depression is not just sadness it is way more than that it is a disorder that has effects on a person’s moods, emotions, thoughts, energy, behavior,
Bipolar disorder is formally known as manic depression. People who have bipolar disorder often have feelings of self-importance, elation, talkativeness, increased sociability, and a desire to embark on goal-oriented activities, coupled with the characteristics of irritability, impatience, impulsiveness, hyperactivity, and/ or a decreased need for sleep. There are not many known ways to prevent bipolar disorder/ manic depression because it is something that is sometimes caused by genetics. 5.7 million American adults are diagnosed with bipolar disorder/ manic depression. Adults who have bipolar disorder suffer from many different symptoms such as; increased energy, being restless, irritable, aggressive, fatigue, in denial that anything is wrong, feeling helpless, worthless, and/ or guilty. These are only a couple of the things you could experience if you have bipolar disorder. These are not all of the symptoms you might experience with bipolar disorder; it honestly just depends on how the disorder affects you personally: you are not the same as everyone else so you might not experience any of the symptoms I listed. Since doctors have no known cure nor way of coping with bipolar disorder/ manic depression, they created medications to try and take away some of the mood swings/ symptoms. The only thing is the medications will only be able to take care of some of the symptoms and even at that they can not take care of all the symptoms. Some medications even come with side effects which makes you contemplate if the medication is worth it because it might cause depression and/ or