Symptoms of Manic Depression

Have you ever been around a person and witnessed some very bazaar behavior, like extreme anger, or crying, I call it the moody blues with very intense emotions, these symptoms are very strong, very powerful feelings that cause manic depression, which is also called bipolar disorder.

This bipolar disorder can hit any age, a young person, an adolescent are most common, then the elderly, although there are more reports that show there are no age discrimination out there, male and female are just as equal in getting manic depression symptoms.

This disorder can be a drastic toll on family and friends especially if left untreated, while the best medicine is family and friends; it is not enough for this very powerful disorder. Feelings of being disconnected from the world often set in because you feel you're the only person who is like this, this is depression in the strongest form, anger is not just getting mad, it is being ballistic, everything is so much worse when you have manic depression or bipolar disorder.

If you see a person maybe even a friend of yours loosing weight, looking sad all the time or maybe looking as though they do not care about anything anymore, please pay attention to what they talk about, listen really well because more than anything your friend needs to vent these problems.

This disorder is something a person has to live with for the rest of their life, so with a psychiatrist and medication, most important to go along with that, is family and friends.

Adolescents have even committed suicide because they were so depressed, the depression can come from many different sources, some kids get picked on at school by bullies, many different reasons, but there is always a reason, sometimes it is just difficult to find.

There are many sources of information on the Internet, just go into your search box and put exactly what you are looking for and there you will find many choices of information, if you are looking for manic depression put that in your search box, or bipolar disorder put that although when you put depression in the search box you will get everything there is associated with depression.

Look for bipolar disorders 1 and bipolar disorder11, the first is associated to elevated mood swings, and the second seriously hampers the social life because of erratic mood changes.

Always be there for your family and friends, even for those who may not have anyone, make a new friend, you could save a life. cite source Milos Pesic