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UNDERSTANDING BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER Bipolar mood disorder is a serious and chronic condition that requires recognition, understanding and empathy. By coming to terms with and managing this mental illness the sufferer and their loved ones will enjoy a better quality of life. Imagine spinning in and out of severe moodshifts,fromthehighsofmania to the extreme lows of depression, multiple timesoveraperiodofdaystoseveralweeks. These are not the normal up-and-down moods a mentally healthy person experiences. The severity of the mood changes are so intense that they interfere with the ability to function normally. One thing to bear in mind is that this kind of mental illness has a profoundeffectnotonlyonthepersonbutalso on those close to him or her. Yvette Beneke, a 47-year-old artist from Cape Town,was,afterafailedsuicideattemptin 2015, wrongly diagnosed with depression. She says: ‘I accepted the diagnosis, but then one moment I would be very happy and the next very depressed. This happened to me manytimesaday.Ifelthopelessanddidn't want to carry on with life.’ In <strong>July</strong> 2016 she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Yvetteisnotaloneinsufferingfrombipolar disorder.AccordingtotheSouthAfricanDe- pression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), bipolar affects 4 to 6% of the population in South Africa and is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS The main difference between bipolar types I and II is that those suffering from bipolar type I experience manic symptoms, and a person suffering from bipolar type II experiences hypomanic and depressive symptoms. WHAT ARE MANIC SYMPTOMS? Manic symptoms include increased physical and mental activity such as: speaking too fast and incoherently, excessive irritability, aggressive behaviour, infl ated self-esteem to levels of grandiosity (for example, believing they have special powers to be the chosen leader of the world or universe), a decreased need for sleep, as well as reckless behaviour such as spending sprees, sexual indiscretions, and reckless driving. In order for the mood to be considered manic, these symptoms must cause a ‘marked impairment in functioning’. The symptoms may ILSE WATSON, www.goodcontentweb. wordpress.com She is an experienced journalist, editor, content writer, blogger and public speaker on bipolar disorder and depression. She completed a course in magazine journalism with distinction and now writes extensively on mental health across several media platforms. Ilse also writes onGeneralTips&Advice (for healthy and productive living), Mindfulness, Recovering from Trauma and more. She is co-editor of the mental health blog Our Lived Experience (which focuses onbipolarmooddisorder): https://ourlivedexperience. wordpress.com/). JULY <strong>2017</strong> | 045
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