By Ken P Doyle -
Bipolar Children at a very young age have shown symptoms which only later were diagnosed as bipolar. Some have their first symptoms of this illness identified during childhood, and others develop them later in life. This illness can be genetic, especially for those children’s parents who have the illness compared with those whose parents are not with the disease.
Symptoms to Look out for
One of the common signs of this mental illness is the severe mood swings that occur. Their mood swings are so vast that they experience high times followed straight after by low times, calm then extreme anger in a matter of few minutes. Young children with severe mania symptoms are more likely to be bad tempered and liable to destructive tantrums than to be overly happy. They can be terrific children when compliant to their drugs but without their prescribed drug they can get extremely angry and irritable.
Signs to Look out for
This disorder in young ones isn’t easy to diagnose because other problems and emotional changes are occurring within these age groups. While irritability and aggressiveness can indicate the illness, they also can be symptoms of other mental health illness like attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, oppositional conduct and even defiant disorder. Also found in this age groups are major depression or schizophrenia. Because those at this age are onto drugs, drug abuse can also lead to symptoms close to that of bipolar. Late adolescents have a much closer link to the adult-type episodes and its symptoms than those at a younger age.
Other physical Signs
Those with this disease are moody and irritable and get angry more often than normal. The illness has seen children bad mouth their parents, run away from school, dishonest and disobedient. Their self-esteem, confidence and ambition can take a turn for the worse when they are going through the symptoms.
Words of Advice
Like any other mental disease, [http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/05/symptoms-of-bipolar-and-bipolar-in-children-recognizing-it/]bipolar children disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a patient’s life. Appropriate diagnosis for those with the disorder is needed for an effective treatment. If your child is showing emotional and behavioral symptoms do not hesitate to let them be evaluated by a mental health professional. On the other hand if they start talking about suicide or become suicidal, take them seriously and refer them to the health specialists in your area.
Ken P Doyle as an advocate for bipolar disorder and has a wealth of knowledge in the field on mental illness. As an advocate he would like to share some FREE information and findings on adolescent bipolar and bipolar children.
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Being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder has been the best thing that could have happened to me. Allow me to elaborate.
After living in the hell of a mental disorder without knowing about it, was a relief getting to know the reason of why I was the way I was. Even after attending medical school, I could not figure out the many “whys” that were lingering around in my mind.
Paraphrasing Dr. Phil, you can’t change what you don’t aknowledge, so why I was supposed to rectify what was wrong with me.
After being diagnosed and getting treatment for the first time, the benefits sarted to show up and I was finally able to function close to normality.
I keep myself in treatment and enjoying a full life with family and friends who love me and don’t judge me. I am happy and for that I am extremely grateful.