how can you tell the difference from bipolar and menopause?
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my mother has always been a bit pissed off. I need to find out if it’s menopause or bipolar disease. if bipolar, how would you get your mother to get checked out by a psychiatrist?
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my mother has always been a bit pissed off. I need to find out if it’s menopause or bipolar disease. if bipolar, how would you get your mother to get checked out by a psychiatrist?
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September 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 am
Bipolar Illness
Bipolar Disorder: Mania and Mixed Episodes
Bipolar disorder is an illness bipolar illness of severe mood swings. It is also called manic depression. If you have this bipolar illness illness, you may have periods of severe high or low moods. These periods may impact your day-to-day functioning.
The high moods are called acute mania. They can make you feel restless, grouchy, or very happy. The low moods are called depression. They can make you feel very sad.
Some people can have a mixed state. That’s when you have acute mania and depression at the same time.
Both women and men get bipolar disorder in equal numbers. The disease is usually first seen in adults 18 and older.
Technically, menopause is the stopping of periods or menses. The average age is 52; however, a woman’s menopause can occur at any point between her 30’s and her 60’s. This time in a woman’s life can be dramatic or quite simple — it is different for each woman — but every woman does stop having periods. Some people call it adolescence in reverse — a rocky time of fluctuating hormones and emotions. Perimenopause is usually the two to five years beforehand, but sometimes women have symptoms for 10–15 years before stopping their periods. When symptoms arise at a young age it is commonly called early menopause.
Menopause symptoms can range from mild hot spells at night to constant dripping sweats all day and night. Some women spot for a few months, others bleed heavily for years. These symptoms are caused by hormonal imbalances and changes — not necessarily estrogen loss. They are also related to diet, lifestyle and genetic factors. Many menopausal women seek forms of menopause treatment that do not work and create even greater hormone imbalance.
i hope this helps