Now that we know something about the illness and how it presents let’s move on to treatment. The treatment of bipolar I and II disorder is essentially the same. The goal of treatment in both cases is to stabilize mood, treat hypomania or mania, treat depression and for the long run prevent relapses back into […]
Recognizing hypomania as a disordered mood state in bipolar II disorder is very important. However, in practice it can go below the radar causing the diagnosis of bipolar II disorder to be missed. One reason is that patients will remember their depressions very clearly as the pain of them is not easily forgotten. However, may […]
It is quite unfortunate that many patients with bipolar disorder wait for many years fruitlessly seeing psychiatrists until the correct diagnosis is made. According to data collected by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) about 60% of patients ultimately diagnosed with bipolar disorder had the illness for at least 5 years before the correct […]
