For this journal I have decided to discuss a patient that I had two weeks ago that was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder. This patient presented with a severe manic episode. It was very interesting to see a patient exhibit such "textbook" signs of a manic episode. This patient was primarily depressed, as many patients with this type of bipolar are. However, as we learned in our theory class, when mania does occur, it is often very severe. For example, this patient had gone a week without eating and sleeping. In addition, he presented as restless, confrontational, and easily agitated. It came to a point where the charge nurse had decided to place the patient as a 1:1 due to his antagonizing behaviors. The rationale for this was that although
