How is someone who has generalized anxiety disorder & depression different from someone who has bipolar?
23 June 2010
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When I was in the 9th grade I was diagnosed with GAD, but then in the 12th grade my psychologist told me that I either have GAD & depression or bipolar. I haven’t been able to afford to see another psychologist or a psychiatrist since, but I am still wondering. What are the differences? My mother does not think that I have bipolar.
When I was in the 9th grade I was diagnosed with GAD, but then in the 12th grade my psychologist told me that I either have GAD & depression or bipolar. I haven’t been able to afford to see another psychologist or a psychiatrist since, but I am still wondering. What are the differences? My mother does not think that I have bipolar.
one is crazy, the other is insane.
One switches between crazy, normal, and insane. The other is just a person who always feel sad
gad is just as it is it is acute anxiety to many situations and things if it is coupled with depression you can often feel low. bipolar formerly known as manic depression is a high and low of moods that occurs without warning suddenly its really a mania of moods. see someone if you are in school your school should have a school psychologist
Bipolar used to be known as manic depression. It is when the sufferer not only has times of extreme lows, but also times of extreme highs known as mania, or being manic. This can just be in the form of being over excited leading you to behave more child like whilst you would be feeling as though you are behaving perfectly normally at the time. After I’ve had a manic episode like this I often only notice when I look back and can’t believe the way that I’ve behaved. Usually mania is inappropriate. The swings between depression and mania can be very wild and fast. I tend to experience mania moments interspersed amongst a long period of depression. I refer to it as comic relief!
The best way to think of it is as a straight line going across a chart for ‘normal’ people. Depressed people experience a wavey line that goes up down between extremely low below that line and just a little above. Bipolar sufferers will experience their wavey line between extreme highs and extreme lows.
If you are having mood swings that when compared to other people appear extreme then you may have Bipolar. It’s only a little worse than depression on it’s own and certainly shouldn’t cause you any more problems in your life once you’ve learnt how to handle it.
I recomend reading A New Earth by Eckhartt Tolle. It’s helped me learn that I can control my own illness.
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called “St John’s Wort” – it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that “learned behavior” in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….
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The anxiety Depression is neurotic or character Disorders
BiPolarism is a Biochemical Major Mental Illness ususally with psychotic episodes. And is a lifetime Disorder not like depression or anxiety
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