Question 1

what are the symptoms of bipolar disorder in children?

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Cycling etc: Irritability, rapid changes in mood, easy anger, meaness, destructibility, sleeplessness, infallibility (thinking one is always right, aggressiveness, hypersexulality, aggression toward animals, lying & deceitfulness.  See www.Bipolarchild.Com/resources/jbrf/. Dr papolos developed an effective questionnaire to screen for bipolar disorder. The diagnosis will be made by your doctor or psychiatrist.

Question 2

what are the usual symptoms of bipolar disorder in children?

Accepted Answer

BIPOLAR DISORDER: Manic depressive personality sometimes child is sad alternates with elation lasting for a few months.Stressful life events or other psychosocial  factors may precede  mood changes.

Question 3

which medicines are used to treat bipolar disorder?

Accepted Answer

Stage and features : It actually depends on the stage or features of the illness.. The medications that you use to treat manic episodes are different from the medications used to treat the depressive or mixed episodes. Also medications could be specific as far as rapid cycling or not.

Question 4

how do you explain your bipolar disorder to your children?

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Warmly by age: Each child has a particular maturity. Address yourself using this as your guide. A younger child will understand ''medicine'', being ill . More mature child will appreciate more details such as ''mood'', ''feelings'', have a really good doctor, ''will be with me, us for a long time''. Do make sure you allow each to feel you are available for concerns & questions. And each is safe & loved.

Question 5

will my children have bipolar disorder when they grow up if i did?

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Not sure: If you have bipolar disorder your child's chance of having same goes up, but its not certain that he/she will. No psychiatric disorder has 100% hereditary transmission.

Question 6

i need to find dr who understands the correlation between bipolar disorder and drugs?

Accepted Answer

That's a shame: You need to try and find either a board certified addiction psychiatrist or a board certified psychiatrist who is also board certified in addictionology (like me). I think that drugs of abuse most certainly makes bipolar d/o worse and those with bipolar d/o suffer from a greater risk of substance abuse and dependency. I treat both at the same time in my clinic. You should be able to find someone.

Question 7

what is the usual combination of drugs that someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder ends up needing to remain stable?

Accepted Answer

Not One Combination: There really isn't one "usual" combination. In my experience there are some indicators that can guide selecting medications based on the nature of your cycles (how do you go from energized to depressed, which direction is the switch faster, etcetera), but there is also quite a lot of variability in responses.

Question 8

i have bipolar disorder type 1. what are the chances of me passing it on to my children. my grandfther had bipolar type 1 aswell.

Accepted Answer

Available studies: Genetic transmission of bipolar disorder is not complete -- your children do not automatically develop the disease that you have.  Some studies have shown that with 1 bipolar parent, there is 15% risk in kids' developing the illness; with both parents, it goes up to 30%.  So there's a greater chance that your children won't be bipolar, than that they will.  Healthy lifestyle helps too.

Question 9

what is bipolar disorder for children called?

Accepted Answer

The same : It is still called bipolar disorder but in younger children it is more difficult to diagnose. There are other disorders that can mimic bipolar and it is less likely to be bipolar disorder in a preteen. The treatment for the different disorders is different and the prescription treatment is not without side effects so it is important to be thorough in the evaluation process.

Question 10

bipolar disorder in mothers linked to autism in their children?

Accepted Answer

No data: No. There is no correlation between bipolar mothers and autistic offspring.

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