Question 1

how do doctors test for bipolar in young teens?

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Evaluation: Evaluation would include interview of patient and parents. Observation  ; work up to rule out problems with drugs, alcohol or underlying medical issues.

Question 2

how is bipolar disorder different in teens and children compared to adults?

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Good Question: The whole issue of bipolar disorder in children is controversial, mostly because what we call bipolar disorder in children tends to look different than with adults. Chidlren with bipolar disorder tend to be more irritable, and their moods tend to be more fluctuating or mixed. There are not usually the clear cycles of mania and depression that occur more with teens and adults.

Question 3

how can bipolar disorder be different in teens/children and adults?

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Complicated answer: Most commonly, symptoms don't manifest until late teens or early twenties.  Children who are diagnosed as bipolar can be very energetic, have less need for sleep, temper tantrums and aggression are out of range for the precipitant.  They can also be grandiose and inappropriately sexual for their age.  Often the first episode in a child is depression.  Caution i f there is a family hx of bp.

Question 4

suggested residential centers for teens with bipolar?

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If residential : treatment is covered by your insurance plan, it requires medical, psychiatric (neuro)psychological, &amp; educational documentation that the child's illness is refractory to comprehensive outpatient treatment regimens despite parental adherence. See http://www.wolfcreekacademy.org/why/bipolar-disorder/#site-wrap or http://m.treatment.psychologytoday.com/rms/prof_results.php?state=NY&amp;spec=241

Question 5

how do doctors see the difference between bipolar disorder 2 and hormones in teens?

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It is tough: It is very challenging diagnosing teenagers with bipolar disorder . The most important point is to look in to  the severity and persistence of symptoms. The longitudinal course of the illness ( the illnes through time) will give us a very important clue whether the behavioral  and mood disturbance is due to bipolar or harmless developmental issue.

Question 6

i think i got bipolar ?

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See below: If you think you have any of the symptoms of a bipolar disorder, it would be good to be to get yourself evaluated by a mental health professional.

Question 7

how to determine if i'm bipolar?

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Bipolar: Periods of agitation, grandiosity and lack of sleep, alternating with periods of sadness & lack of energy and appetite changes, basically highs & lows.

Question 8

what are the symptoms of bipolar?

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Changes: Bipolar disease is characterized by moods swings between depresseion to agitation and anger back to depresseion.  Another form goes from depression to mania or euphoria and back.

Question 9

what are typical signs of bipolar?

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Bipolar: Manic depression is a mood disorder that presents with extreme highs & lows, with at least few weeks of manic phases (abnormally elevated mood & energy level)  alternating with few or more weeks of depressed phases (sad, guilty, hopeless/helpless, changes in sleep/appetite/energy level). Any phase can be severe enough to experience delusions or hallucinations.

Question 10

how to tell if someone is bipolar?

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Mania: A person may fulfill the diagnostic criteria for bipolar d/o and have never been depressed. That is why the term: manic-depression is confusing. It may be common for those with bipolar d/o to have up and down mood swings, but the depressive part is not what defines the bipolar d/o. Rather, it is what is known as the manic state and can also be what is known as a mixed state.

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