What are the symptoms of a bipolar disorder? are symptoms the same from person to person?

Depression and mania: First one has to meet criteria for a major depressive episode (low mood, poor appetite, insomnia, in attention, guilts, suicidal ideation, agitation or psychomotor retardation). Second.One has to meet criteria for a manic episode (euphoria, irritability, decreased need of sleep, impulsivity, racing thoughts, grandiosity, increased goal-directed activities, pressured speech).

Bipolar: Symptoms of episodes of depression alternating with manic or hypomanic phases. Depression includes changes in energy level, appetite, sleep, feelings of despair, and sadness. Mania is grandiosity, inflated self esteem, racing thoughts, no sleep, irritability or agitation, etc. Both can be accompanied with morbid thoughts and psychotic symptoms if severe.

Bipolar: Bipolar I and bipolar II, In the first, manic phases are more severe, and in the second, depressive phases are more severe. There is also cyclothymia which is a low grade version of bipolar disorder in general, where mood swings are not as severe in either direction, manic or depressive. Different people exhibit different symptoms, yes. No two bipolar sufferers are alike.

Everyone differs: All psychological disorders are based on a number of symptoms. People will not have all the symptoms or the exact same symptoms as someone else in many cases. Also personality factors and personal history may change the expression of a symptom.