A study published last week by the Archive Of General Psychiatry has caused quite a stir in the growing community of anxiety and panic attack sufferers in the United States. Especially among postmenopausal women.

Panic attacks are sudden episodes of intense fear, worry, and discomfort. The symptoms can be debilitating for many people. It is common for first time panic attack victims to be rushed to an emergency room believing they are having a heart attack or stroke. Studies show there are more than six million people in the United States who are prone to anxiety and panic attacks. They are sometimes isolated events tied to things such as phobias and trauma but may

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Bipolar Disorder is a psychiatric illness which involves constant ups and downs in a person s mood. The most feasible Bipolar Disorder cause has long been discovered by researchers but studies are still made to find out whether there are more possible Bipolar Disorder causes left undiscovered.

The Bipolar Disorder cause is said to be the inequity of neurotransmitters in an individual s brain. Scientists are still in the dark as with the reason for such disproportion of chemicals in the human brain. Although stress and other environmental factors do cause dramatic mood swings, this is not one of the Bipolar Disorder causes. Instead, Bipolar Disorder is a hereditary disease which is passed on from one generation to the

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Bipolar Disorder is a psychiatric illness which involves constant ups and downs in a person s mood. The most feasible Bipolar Disorder cause has long been discovered by researchers but studies are still made to find out whether there are more possible Bipolar Disorder causes left undiscovered.

The Bipolar Disorder cause is said to be the inequity of neurotransmitters in an individual s brain. Scientists are still in the dark as with the reason for such disproportion of chemicals in the human brain. Although stress and other environmental factors do cause dramatic mood swings, this is not one of the Bipolar Disorder causes. Instead, Bipolar Disorder is a hereditary disease which is passed on from one generation to the

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Almost since the beginning of time, human beings have recognized the connection between intelligence or creativity and mental illness. Consider the way these individuals are portrayed in movies and books, for instance - the mad scientist working day and night in his laboratory, the hallucinating artist who doesn’t even take time out from his creative work to eat. Those with Bipolar disorder are not immune to this stereotype. In fact, scientists and researchers have noted that an unusually high number of creative geniuses also suffered from Bipolar disorder.

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Need for Long term care management of bipolar disorder:
Most bipolar disorders require long term course management for the effective treatment.

Complete recovery of the individual Bipolar Disorder cannot be said to occur, if the initial symptoms subside for sometime under the effect of medication. There can be several episodes of relapse.
In fact Bipolar disorder has one percent chance of lasting for a lifetime even after diagnosis and treatment.
Bipolar disorder differs from one individual to another in its severity, frequency of cycles of mania and depression, and various psychotic states that can be debilitating.
A single or few episodes of relapse can trigger further relapses.

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