Bipolar Behavior?

Question

I have a 6 page reseach paper do on the topic of bipolar behavior. I need HELP because I honestly dont how to start it and what type of infromation I should used that covers 6 full pages of 12 font.!!!!!

Answer 1

My son whom is five has diagnosed mood disorder for which he gets SSI and has a Section 504 plan in place for the next school year.  My husband also has bipolar disorder.  Bipolar disorder in adults and children is very different in the way that it manifests itself.  Until recently many people did not even believe in early onset bipolar disorder.  It is a real diagnosis often misdiagnosed as ADHD in children.  Many children with ADHD actually have been found to have bipolar instead.  

Bipolar in Children:

Children with bipolar are often different from other children in infancy.  I have three children and my son was very different from the time of birth.  He was a forceps delivery, the longest labor even though he was my third.  He cried an angry cry as a baby and did not sleep through the night until he was 4 1/2 years old.  He was rapid cycling (between mania and depression several times daily).  Now his cycling pattern has changed and he is a few days up and then a few down.  When he is up he can not sit still at all, sleeps only about four to six hours a night, eats a lot, and feels like he is better than the world.  When he is down he is hard to awaken in the am, does not eat much, gets very upset, rages, breaks things, bites, etc.  He used to rage for about three hours at a time.  This would include three hours of screaming, spitting, kicking, biting, hitting, throwing chairs, tvs, other furniture, pulling hair, punching out glass windows, kicking van windows, breaking things on purpose, and more.  We used a therapeutic hold to help him calm his body.  He is better now on meds.

My husband cycles seem to last weeks.  When he is down, he will not eat, sleeps a lot when he is down, gets real angry, has suicidal thoughts, gets suspicious of the world, etc. When he is up he can not sit down, eats better, thinks he is god's gift to women, etc.

With both my husband and my son medications help to calm them.  My husband is on about five medications currently, but he has been on many.  It is like trial and error trying to find the right combination of meds that will keep his mood stable.  The same with my son.  He is on Risperdal and Clonidine.  

Research and write about early onset bipolar, and adult bipolar disorder.  Write about the symptoms of each that are very different, what effects it can have on individuals and families, the medications to treat it and their side effects, what therapies are available.  You can concentrate mostly on childhood bipolar, the contriversy about it, misdiagnoses, medications and other therapies, school challenges and accomodations (IEP and 504 Plans) that these children need, family challenges about raising bipolar children, general information about childhood onset bipolar.  Bipolar can be disabling.  My husband and son both get SSI.  

This would make your report different if you focus on early onset bipolar disorder, also called childhood bipolar, or pediatric bipolar.  Hope I could help.

PS you can email me directly if you think I can help you more with this report.

Answer 2

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Types of Bipolar Disorder

What causes Bipolar Disorder?

Who gets Bipolar Disorder?

Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

Tests/Diagnosis

Impact of Bipolar Disorder/Prognosis

Bipolar Treatments

History

A useful list of reliable information links can be found at

http://www.psycom.net/depression.central...

Answer 3

First-ask your question in the mental health or homework help section-

2nd-google Bipolar Depression-

it will come up with numerous web pages

what it is

who is affected

history of

how its treated

research

disability and

family/friends and

society and living with (personal stories)

implications to criminal behavior (causing criminal behavior)

Answer 4

Just write an autobiography, voila, done.  I am sure you will need to pad about half the page requirement to meet it, but you can copy and paste from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" along with your diaries and family & friends' accounts of your behavior since theyv'e known you.  You will be at a shrink before you ever get the paper drafted, then off to the funny farm for life because if you have to ask such a lame question on the internet, you are certifiably NUTSO.