Bi-polar disorder can be challenging most of us who suffer from this disease experience mood swings, depression, feelings of isolation, and instability. My personal challenges were instability, I was unstable when it came to my emotional relationships with my husband and children. The slightest thing would set me off. Nobody understood me not even myself. I often found solitude in isolating myself from everyone, that way I could make sure that my emotions were my own. This caused my family to wonder what they had done, the answer was a simple one, nothing. According to Demi Lovato “For years, people said I was depressed, and I actually didn’t know myself why I was so upset and why I would have these episodes of mania—what I now know is
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I had gone to doctors for years, and I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and they even went so far to diagnose me with PTSD. Every medication I was given just didn’t seem to help. I finally found a doctor, who actually sat down with me and conducted an assessment he began asking me several questions about my mood swings, lifestyle, behaviors and depression symptoms. I felt such relief that I had found someone who understand and took the time to properly diagnose me correctly. According to (Chung, et al., 2007) “Simply put, the key to distinguishing them is the presence or a history of manic, mixed or hypomanic episodes. If a patient has experienced any of these, the diagnosis is bipolar …show more content…
My doctor had me begun me with the lowest dose of Lamotrigine, which was 25mg once a day. Although, I felt like it was making somewhat of a difference; I didn’t think it was doing all it could to keep me balanced. For the three months following my diagnosis, I went back to the doctor where she would increase my medication a little a time until we found the right dosage. There are different treatment options for bipolar disorder depending on the severity of the disease for which one has; these include, medication, hospitalization, Psychotherapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Transcranial Magnetic stimulation and or support counseling. In my case, I simply take my medication daily, and I have maintained good balance with my
I had gone to doctors for years, and I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and they even went so far to diagnose me with PTSD. Every medication I was given just didn’t seem to help. I finally found a doctor, who actually sat down with me and conducted an assessment he began asking me several questions about my mood swings, lifestyle, behaviors and depression symptoms. I felt such relief that I had found someone who understand and took the time to properly diagnose me correctly. According to (Chung, et al., 2007) “Simply put, the key to distinguishing them is the presence or a history of manic, mixed or hypomanic episodes. If a patient has experienced any of these, the diagnosis is bipolar …show more content…
My doctor had me begun me with the lowest dose of Lamotrigine, which was 25mg once a day. Although, I felt like it was making somewhat of a difference; I didn’t think it was doing all it could to keep me balanced. For the three months following my diagnosis, I went back to the doctor where she would increase my medication a little a time until we found the right dosage. There are different treatment options for bipolar disorder depending on the severity of the disease for which one has; these include, medication, hospitalization, Psychotherapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Transcranial Magnetic stimulation and or support counseling. In my case, I simply take my medication daily, and I have maintained good balance with my