Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder is a type of depression. The person who has this form of depression swings between opposite extremes or poles of emotion. During a depressive phase, the person has symptoms of major depression. During manic phase (High phase) the person may feel very happy, agitated, irritable or energized. He or She may sleep very little, make all kinds of wild plans or talk constantly.

Some of the difficult high symptoms in manic phase of this disorder includes:

Inappropriate display of happiness or excitement.
Inability to sleep or a decreased need for sleep.
A high energy level.
Sudden irritability.
The need to talk constantly, often loudly.
Sudden increase in sexual desire.
Taking dangerous risks.
Inappropriate or embarrassing social behavior.
Impaired judgment, such as making wild plans or going on buying sprees.
Inflated ideas of self importance.

Some people with bipolar mood disorder will spend months in one phase or the other, while other will swing back and forth between the two phases. Hoe low the depression or high the manic phase feelings go differ from one person to person.