One to four percent of the world has bipolar disorder and even though we don’t understand it thoroughly, we know that is it affecting I would change this to “Many” our people. Bipolar disorder is a disorder many people have and may not even realize it. Even though over 2.3 million Americans have bipolar disorder not much is known about it. While the symptoms of the disorder are pretty well known, we do not know what causes the disorder. Even if we don’t know the cause of it yet, we have made great improvements in research for the disorder. New medicines have been made and the world is becoming more accepting of the afflicted. We are still looking for the direct cause, but we know it is on the horizon. Researchers have found that there
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Though children do get bipolar disorder, more adults have it. Shockingly, one - four percent of the world sufferers with the disorder, the leading fourth disability in fifteen - fortyfive year-olds. Bipolar disorder goes hand in hand with other common disorders like depression, eating, sleeping, and ADHD and, in result, is misdiagnosed in many cases. “... it can take years or decades for people to receive an accurate diagnosis of bipolar disease.” (New 2) Patrick Perry says. One of the main reasons we have a lack of information on bipolar disorder is because anyone can get it and the symptoms vary so much that misdiagnosis occurs …show more content…
One of these is eating disorder which makes someone eat less than they should and lose weight. When a person has depression, they eat less then they should because they don’t want to use the energy it takes to eat or they have a poor self-image of themselves. Eating disorder and bipolar disorder are usually found in adolescents. Obviously, sleeping disorder is a component of bipolar disorder. Anxiety disorder is also a large part of bipolar disorder because depression and anxiety are very close to each other. Psychotic disorders have also been seen in those afflicted with bipolar disorder especially during the mania phase because the happiness causes psychotic behaviors. Many sufferers of bipolar disorder turn to drugs and alcohol to help steady their
Though children do get bipolar disorder, more adults have it. Shockingly, one - four percent of the world sufferers with the disorder, the leading fourth disability in fifteen - fortyfive year-olds. Bipolar disorder goes hand in hand with other common disorders like depression, eating, sleeping, and ADHD and, in result, is misdiagnosed in many cases. “... it can take years or decades for people to receive an accurate diagnosis of bipolar disease.” (New 2) Patrick Perry says. One of the main reasons we have a lack of information on bipolar disorder is because anyone can get it and the symptoms vary so much that misdiagnosis occurs …show more content…
One of these is eating disorder which makes someone eat less than they should and lose weight. When a person has depression, they eat less then they should because they don’t want to use the energy it takes to eat or they have a poor self-image of themselves. Eating disorder and bipolar disorder are usually found in adolescents. Obviously, sleeping disorder is a component of bipolar disorder. Anxiety disorder is also a large part of bipolar disorder because depression and anxiety are very close to each other. Psychotic disorders have also been seen in those afflicted with bipolar disorder especially during the mania phase because the happiness causes psychotic behaviors. Many sufferers of bipolar disorder turn to drugs and alcohol to help steady their