The black and white colors of the Bipolar Awareness Ribbon represent the opposite poles of depression and mania associated with Bipolar Disorder. The Ribbon was designed for the Foundation by Ryan's mother.
The ribbon used for World Bipolar Day is black and white striped, which symbolizes how this disorder can cause drastically different emotional states.
Bipolar disorder can cause your mood to swing from an extreme high to an extreme low. Manic symptoms can include increased energy, excitement, impulsive behaviour, and agitation. Depressive symptoms can include lack of energy, feeling worthless, low self-esteem and suicidal thoughts.
You can't easily identify bipolar disorder by looking at someone's eyes. Although some studies show bipolar disorder can make your eyes change in certain ways, so do other emotional episodes not connected with this condition. If you want to know if a loved one has bipolar disorder, a doctor's opinion is more reliable.
Color. The surge of adrenaline during euphoric and dysphoric states of mania causes the pupils to dilate. For those with a different-colored ring around the pupil, the ring may dominate and normal eye color may seem completely altered.
Signs of Bipolar Disorder
Unpredictable and extreme mood swings. Going from being wired, talkative, and jumpy (manic episode), to feeling melancholy and depressed (depressive episode) Co-occurring disorders, such as alcohol or drug abuse, eating disorders, anxiety issues, and ADHD.
In overall terms, the male bipolar patient face is laterally broad, lengthened anterio-posteriorly and the mouth is set posteriorly.
Both a manic and a hypomanic episode include three or more of these symptoms: Abnormally upbeat, jumpy or wired. Increased activity, energy or agitation. Exaggerated sense of well-being and self-confidence (euphoria)
#2 Measuring Eye-Blink Rate for Mania
To expand their research, scientists have looked to adults with bipolar as a study group, since evidence suggests a central role for dopamine dysfunction in people with bipolar. Some studies found that people exhibit higher blink rates when anticipating a reward.
A stressful circumstance or situation often triggers the symptoms of bipolar disorder. Examples of stressful triggers include: the breakdown of a relationship. physical, sexual or emotional abuse.
“When you're in a hypomanic or manic state, you're also more likely to feel you're in love,” says Haase. “You may then act on that feeling when making major long-term life decisions, not understanding your state had something to do with what you were feeling.”
World Bipolar Day is celebrated each year on March 30th, the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. The vision of World Bipolar Day (WBD) is to bring world awareness to bipolar disorders and to eliminate social stigma.
In my work as a counselor for CCC, I often talk to individuals who are living with bipolar disorder or who have a loved one living with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a chronic mood disorder that causes intense shifts in mood, energy levels and behavior.
Gray and blue are often considered depressive colors that may contribute to feelings of low mood.
Unless their condition is causing noticeable dysfunction that makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, it's perfectly okay to date someone with bipolar disorder I or II. Every person you date is likely to have different strengths and needs. That same logic goes for people with mental health conditions.
Answer questions honestly. But don't argue or debate with a person during a manic episode. Avoid intense conversation. Don't take comments or behavior personally.
Bipolar disorder may worsen with age or over time if the condition is left untreated. As time goes on, a person may experience episodes that are more severe and more frequent than when symptoms first appeared.
A person with bipolar disorder is naturally uncooperative and rebellious. This disorder triggers violent behavior. Manic episodes are characterized by “crazy” behavior. Most people with this disorder are “hyper” much of the time.
It can be easy to spot a person's manic episode way before other symptoms become more pronounced, simply by observing the eyes. Dysphoric mania can make the eyes black due to the pupil taking over the eye. The eyes often widen as if surprised with euphoric mania and often appear mean and narrow with dysphoric mania.
Bipolar disorder may make it more difficult for you to interpret people's emotions. Missed clues make it harder for you to empathize when others feel happy or sad. If someone is feeling troubled, you may lack enough empathy to be moved to help.