| Children and teenagers with bipolar disorders can | | | | such as abusing alcohol and drugs, reckless driving |
| have manic or depressive symptoms. Some | | | | or sexual promiscuityWhen a teenage is in a |
| children may mostly have depression and others a | | | | depression he or she may develop excessive |
| combination of manic and depressive symptoms. | | | | irritability, depressed moods, unrelenting sadness, |
| Highs are usually combined with alternative | | | | frequent crying, thoughts of death or suicide, loss |
| lows.Bipolar disorders usually begin in childhood and | | | | of enjoyment in favorite activities, frequent |
| during the teenage years, and may be diagnosed | | | | complaints of physical illnesses such as headaches |
| in adult life. This illness can affect anyone and | | | | or stomach aches, low energy level, fatigue, poor |
| without any specific history. If one or both | | | | concentration, complaints of boredom and a |
| parents have a bipolar disorder, the chances are | | | | major change in eating or sleeping patterns, such |
| greater that their children may develop it at an | | | | as oversleeping or overeating.Teenagers with |
| early age. Family history of drug or alcohol has | | | | bipolar disorder can be successfully treated. |
| also been associated with greater risk for bipolar | | | | Treatments include educating the patient and their |
| disorders.Symptoms of bipolar disorders in children | | | | families about the illness, mood-stabilizing |
| and teenagers are - severe changes in -- unusually | | | | medications such as lithium and valproic acid and |
| happy, silly, sometimes very irritable, angry, | | | | psychotherapy. Mood stabilizing medications will |
| agitated or aggressive. Some teenagers | | | | often reduce the severity of manic episodes, and |
| experience unrealistic highs in self-esteem, for | | | | also help prevent depression. Psychotherapy helps |
| example, a teenager may start feeling very | | | | a child adapt to stresses, rebuild self-esteem and |
| powerful or like a superhero with special powers. | | | | enhance relationships. The diagnosis of bipolar |
| They may develop an increase in energy and the | | | | disorders in children and teens is complicated and |
| ability to go with little or no sleep for days without | | | | involves careful observation over an extended |
| feeling tired. An adolescent may start talking too | | | | period of time.Bipolar Disorder provides detailed |
| much, too fast and changes topics too frequently, | | | | information on Bipolar Disorder, Symptom of |
| without interruption due to depression. They also | | | | Bipolar Disorder, Teen Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar |
| get distracted very easily, and attention moves | | | | Disorder Treatment and more. Bipolar Disorder is |
| constantly from one thing to another. They may | | | | affiliated with Bipolar Depression. |
| also develop repetitive, high risk-taking behavior; | | | | |