Are your bipolar symptoms taking a toll on your quality of life?

• Do you have serious shifts in mood, energy or thinking that is not dependent on your current situation?
• Do you find that your moods cycle rapidly from positive to negative and can span days or weeks?
• Do you have periods of increased energy where you feel agitated, restless, irritable, or are easily annoyed?
• Are you seen as a driven personality, having an inflated sense of self esteem, bossy, or have challenges with authority figures?
• Do you find that your low moods are followed by fatigue, loss of interest in previous activities, and an inability to concentrate?
• Do you find that you have periods of poor or impaired judgment, which are punctuated with poor financial choices, spending sprees, or reckless behavior that some see as self-destructive?
• Do you find that your cycling of moods and the behavior that happens with your moods interferes with you successfully living your life?

We all have moods, the ups and downs of life, but with bipolar disorder these peaks and valleys are more severe and impact the quality of your life. The symptoms of bipolar can cost you jobs, relationships, financial security, and can disrupt the quality of your life and well-being. Many of the early signs of bipolar disorder are often overlooked because people don’t recognize the warning signs of disease.

Bipolar disorder tends to worsen without proper treatment and manic depressive disease causes serious shifts in mood, perception, energy, thinking, and behavior from polar opposite extremes—from the lows of depression to the highs of euphoria. It only takes two to three minutes a day to track your symptoms and have proof in your reports about how your moods are responding to exercise, nutrition, therapies, and medication. This is vital for the person dealing with bipolar disorder. Symptom Journal’s health tools are a great system to help you track your progress, regain balance and live your best life with bipolar disorder.

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Discover the power of symptom tracking:

• Discover in real time if your bipolar symptoms are increasing or decreasing because of your nutrition, medications, and therapies, and how these choices affect your health outcomes.
• Life-changing results can be yours through symptom tracking; Eliminate wasted months and potentially years of not having accurate answers about what is working or not working with your bipolar treatment plan.
• Feel confident with reports that you can share with your doctor when discussing your health, giving you facts to back up how you are feeling and how your biploar treatment plan is working or not working.
• The goal of symptom tracking is symptom reduction allowing you to manage your health and create your best quality of life.

Most of us have systems for managing our finances, weight, time, and exercise. Managing your health is no different. You can't manage what you don't track. We are patients like you, who took action, created web-based health tools, found solutions to difficult questions, and wanted to share our discoveries to help you create your best quality of life with biploar disorder. Join our community as a Symptom Journal member and live your best life.

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What is Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a serious brain disease also known as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder normally develops during a person’s late teens or early adult years (between ages 15 and 30) and usually lasts a lifetime.

Generally, we all have ups and downs from time to time, especially when things go awry or life sends challenges our way. But that’s a normal part of life. However, when you have unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and are having difficulty carrying out day-to-day tasks, you may have bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder affects your whole body, from the way you feel about yourself and think about things, to changes in your daily habits. It can interfere with your relationships and ability to work, study, eat, sleep and enjoy life.

At one moment you may feel overly joyful, extremely energetic, impulsive and reckless. This is considered the manic phase. Or you may feel like you’re “living in a black hole” or feel empty inside and lifeless, unable to experience pleasure. This is the depressive phase. Sometimes, you may feel a mix of both mania and depression leading to more irritability and anger. This is considered a mixed state. But, you don’t have to feel like this. With appropriate treatment and journaling of your symptoms, you can have a better understanding of your bipolar disorder and improve your health outcomes. Learn more about bipolar disorder as a member.

Causes of Bipolar Disorder

The causes of bipolar disorder are still somewhat unclear. However, within the last decade there has developed a greater understanding of the possible causes. One of the key theories is genetics. Another theory is an imbalance of neurotransmitters, abnormal brain structure and brain function. More causes and risk factors associated with bipolar disorder are discussed in the member’s section of the Symptom Journal.

Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

Symptoms are our first clues in understanding our bipolar disorder and how it affects our body. Bipolar disorder can be difficult to determine during its onset. Bipolar symptoms can vary greatly from person to person, and may alter often from a manic episode to a depressive episode. Symptoms may include: euphoria, risky behavior, inability to concentrate, feelings of guilt, hopelessness, and fatigue. An extensive list of symptoms is presented in your Symptom Checklist. Through your Daily Questions you can monitor how your symptoms, treatment and lifestyle are affecting your health.

Diagnosis, Treatment and Self-Care with Bipolar Disorder

Understand the process your doctor may use when diagnosing bipolar disorder. In the Members area, there is a full description of the diagnosis process and possible tests that your doctor may order. We discuss the conventional treatment options along with alternative and complimentary treatments that other individuals with bipolar disorder have found helpful. Our bipolar disorder self-care section for members explains how simple lifestyle choices can help improve your outcomes and quality of life.

As a member of the Symptom Journal, you will be able to see how your treatment, lifestyle choices, and nutrition correlate with how your symptoms increase or decrease through our Reports area, allowing you to make timely changes with your health team that saves you money, time, pain, and energy. The information you receive from your reports will help you make changes that help you live your best life with bipolar disorder.

Exercise, Nutrition & Support for Bipolar Disorder

In the Exercise and Nutrition section for members, we cover some of the most popular diets and exercise tips that people have used to positively affect their quality of life and outcomes with bipolar disorder. We also provide an Inspiration Toolkit for you members, giving you tools, support, and motivational techniques for staying inspired with your health journey. We understand the day-to-day challenges with bipolar disorder, and want to support you in creating a better quality of life.

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