genetic bipolar disorder
What's happening in the brain that causes bipolar disorder?
I know it is genetic and all, but can anyone tell me what is happening with the brain in particular?
Yes, it is true that bipolar can be genetically related, but can also be caused as a result of traumatic event or brain injury. And genetically speaking: his is a 5% chance of having bipolar disorder if the father or the mother suffers from bipolar disorder … 10% if a brother or sister suffering from it … 14% if the parent / and an uncle or aunt has. .. and 30% if both parents suffer from bipolar disorder (witch is very little common). To answer your question, anatomically speaking (which happens in the brain): All the information that "flows" through the brain is neurotransmitters. The "action" is basically an electrical signal (nerve) to be transmitted from the bulb synaptic postsynaptic neuron. In simplest terms, his is a "gap" between both parties (the bulb and the neuron) and an electrical impulse "jumps" from one side to another to make connection and for them, allowing information to flow. The specific region of the brain that regulates emotions and patterns of behavior is the hypothalamus. This region (for the release of various hormones) regulates feelings of anger, aggression, pain and pleasure, and patterns of behavior related to arousal sexual. The hypothalamus is not only responsible for regulating emotions and behavior. It also acts on the regulation of eating and drinking, controls body temperature and sleep patterns and provides many many more activities of the body. Now, when someone suffers from bipolar disease, two possibilities: The first theory is that the "electrical signal (nerve impulse) to slow (the witch makes the depression phase). And sometimes, it will accelerate (witch causes of manic episodes). The second theory is that recipients (the postsynaptic neuron) of the signal of the "power" will become "more sensitive" (which causes mania), or simply have a slow reception (which causes depression). So when in a manic phase is happening, you will feel as if their thoughts are racing, who have hyperactivity, they are too happy, suffer from insomnia, etc. And when the depression phase that happens, the person is filled with feelings of sadness, loss of energy levels, feel like sleeping all the time, have difficulty concentrating and making decisions, so people with bipolar disorder often refere to live a "roller coaster" of emotions (high and low). And in any of these possibilities, these "changes of humor "are not dictated by events and can not be controlled by the person suffering from the disease. However, these options are theories, because science not able to determine witch or specificaly what is happening. No blood tests or X-ray scanners can not give the precise answer. Doctors would to dissect and study a "live" in the brain (the witch can not do for obvious reasons … the person who was going to die!) But doctors have identified these two possibilities of brain "malfunction", the cause of bipolar disease. In both cases the result is that their is an "imbalance" created and cause an emotional / mood swings / behavior. (witch is why medication is needed to balance / stabelize emotions / moods.) Recently, Doctors have discovered a way to see if the brain is "malfunctionning" through what is called a SPECT. I'll add a website that I found on line that will tell you better what exactly is a SPECT. Some experts still do not recognize its effectiveness, since the analysis can determine if their is a "malfuntion" in the brain, but is still unable to pinpoint what effect / disease causing. For example, I had my SPECT in 2006 and proved he had a "bad operation "and that this" malfunction "is in people who have either: unipolar depression, bipolar disorder determined (in the depressed phase), or chronic fatigue syndrome. Although for me, helped me a lot because my doctors can confirm (with my symptoms) that I suffered from bipolar type 2 (rarely has "quirks hiccup" depressive phases and stages. And my moods are not "extreme" as people who suffer from bipolar type 1). ** PS: Hypomania is a less serious case of mania where the person feel a little happier (but not exstatic) has a little more energy and more productive. Sometimes it is not observed by doctors for them often leads to misdiagnosis … So help and I hope that my answer (albeit long! LOL) answered the question correctly … And remember the basic things: the people who suffer from mental illnesses are not stupid, unlike many people think;) Good luck and keep strong: D
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