Parenting: Bipolar Teenagers
June 20, 2008 1:54 pm Parenting, RelationshipsBipolar disorder is a difficult condition to work diagnosis with teenagers. It is hard to recognize the symptoms from the ordinary ups and downs of teenage life. Bipolar teenagers are marked by extreme manic highs and depressing lows.
Bipolar disorder is now often called manic depression. That is because a bipolar teen goes from one of these extremes, mania, to the other, depression. This is a quite serious problem because it makes and already volatile time of life, even more volatile.
Treating Bipolar Teenagers
Treatment consists of both medication and therapy. One of the most common drugs for bipolar disorder is Lithium. This evens out the highs and the lows. It takes away the extremes allowing the person to function in the middle.
Therapy should accompany any drug treatment. It is important to maintain a treatment even when the teenager is feeling better. To find a doctor in your area that can help prescribe such a course of action, you can look online.
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