Is Bipolar a life long disease?

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Is it dangerous to live with someone who has a bipolar issue?

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Bipolar is a lifelong disease, but there are medications that people can take to help keep the disease under control.

There are some instances in which a bipolar person can become dangerous to either themselves, those around them, or both. This usually doesn't happen as long as they are on their medications though. I'm including a link that should give you more information about this disorder.

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It is pretty easy to control for long periods of time but there may be breakthroughs occasionally. No it is not dangerous to live with someone with it. Remember, many of the most creative and ingenious people who ever lived had bipolar disease! Take strength in the gift!

bipolar is a disorder, not a disease. you can't catch it. and bipolars are no more likely to become violent than anyone else. if they're violent people already then it would be dangerous to live with them. you're ears will probably hurt if you live with a bipolar but that's just yelling. In general, bipolar disorder is a life-long psychiatric condition. The brain works in a unique way that causes periodic mood swings. The intensity of these swings and the time between them varies from person to person, and within the past several years psychiatry has described two distinct types of bipolar disorder.

In most cases, bipolar disorder is among the most effectively treated serious mental health conditions. We understand what helps in the large majority of cases. However, compliance with medication is often the largest hurdle. Because taking the medicine is preventive, persons who have bipolar disorder have to continue taking it in order to avoid creating problems for themselves and their loved ones. And they must take it in spite of side effects (which, luckily, are fewer with the newer medications). Since bipolar disorder usually first appears in late adolescence, the skepticism that marks this phase in life may make it difficult for the person to accept that they have a disease that requires treatment.

Living with someone who has bipolar disorder is usually not physically dangerous, even if they are not adequately medicated. However, the symptoms of mania can be highly disruptive: Sleeplessness, extremely high energy, psychotic thinking, irrational euphoria, spending sprees, wanderlust, increased sexual energy, etc. In the depressed phase, the exact opposites can occur, and suicidal risks are frequent.

In addition, the lack of sleep in often leads to the manic individual (i.e., those who are not taking prescribed medications and become symptomatic) to over indulge in alcohol or sleep-inducing drugs just to get some rest. Unfortunately, this can eventually lead to alcoholism or drug addiction, which may require additional treatment.

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