Bipolar depression is different than many other types of depression.
Bipolar depression is also known as Bipolar Affective disorder. Precisely, it is defined as the frequent changes in mood in regular or sometimes in irregular intervals. Basically it is a psychiatric condition. People suffering from Bipolar Depression experience various mental states such as mania, hypomania etc.
Depression can be incredibly hard to live with; it permeates every part of a person’s life and leaves them feeling very low and unable to cope with day to day life. Most people will have an encounter with depression during their life and most people cope with it and move on without any problems. For people with bipolar depression life can be quite different. The bipolar disorder is characterized by the cyclic mood swings. As the name says, it swings the mood of the person in between the two extremes, elevation and depression. Bipolar disorder is caused by the imbalances in certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which can be due to some genetic, biochemical or environmental factors.
The bipolar disorder is characterized by the cyclic mood swings. As the name says, it swings the mood of the person in between the two extremes, elevation and depression. Bipolar disorder is caused by the imbalances in certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which can be due to some genetic, biochemical or environmental factors.
Bipolar disorder in psychiatry is a medical diagnosis which refers to mania (mixed states or hypomania) alternated with euthymic or depressed mood (clinical depression) within a specific duration of time. Compared to ups and downs experienced by normal people, a person affected by a bipolar disorder can have extreme swings of moods which can last for a few minutes or even months.




