A healthy mind in a healthy body is the perfect combination to lead a perfectly healthy life. However, not everyone is lucky enough to enjoy this flawless combination of health and fitness. Many people have illnesses they do not even know of but it is nevertheless eating away at their very being and will show up later in life. One such illness is ‘bipolar disease’.
What Is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder or bipolar disease is a disorder of the brain. This psychological disease is classified into two classes, mania and depression. This is also why bipolar disease is also called manic depression.
Bipolar disorder affects the part of the brain that controls human emotion and mood. The disease is believed to be more wide spread than statistics show with more people having the disease but have not had it diagnosed as yet. Because this disease effects a persons moods and emotions in varying degrees it has to potential of disrupting the normal life of the patient as well as the people around him or her.
People with bipolar disease do not ever have complete control of their emotions and moods. An attack of this disease will vary from manic to depressive episodes that can last for varying periods of time. The attach can be so severe that it can disable the person to such an extent that carrying out of simple daily task such as bathing can be a daunting process.
The manic episodes of bipolar disorders will induce a feeling of excessive euphoria that can last a long time. The person will experience extra levels of energy, generally cheerful and will not feel the need to sleep. In addition to this the patient will experience an irregular though process with ideas and thoughts racing and jumping from on to another, then a general feeling of confusion sets in. A person suffering with bipolar disease will not be able to make up their mind and focus on a solution for a problem.
These people will be extremely optimistic, living on hope, so to speak. They will also be very irritable and lack concentration and they will never be able to admit that there is something wrong with them. All the above symptoms are indicators of Manic disorders.
Then there are the depressive symptoms of a bipolar disorder. Patients of bipolar disease will many times experience periods of depression. This period will see the patient passing through periods of sadness, and will be pessimistic to the highest degree, like nothing will ever work in their life. They will also not show any indication of doing any physical or mental activity during a bout of depressive bipolar disorder. The worst part of this disorder is that the patient will constantly think and talk about suicide and dying. Patients of bipolar disorder have been known to commit suicide on a number of occasions so additional care must be taken of them.
The sad part of bipolar disorder is that there is no known cure of this very serious disease, however, there are effective treatments available that can control this disorder and expert medical help must be sought at the earliest indication of bipolar disease.
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People who suffer with acne are in pain. A constant pain I might add. Within the US context, this pain is so bad that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has highlighted pain as their primary focus in their annual report card on US health.
One in four Americans suffers some type of pain for at least 24 hours. The use of pharmaceutical drugs to treat pain is up significantly. When these drugs are taken, side effects come right along with them.
A 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on medical errors, revealed a shocking truth. At least 44,000 and as many as 98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors committed in hospitals. These errors result from properly prescribed pharmaceutical drugs.
After the number one and number two killers of Americans, namely heart disease and cancer respectively, guess what the number three killer of Americans is?
And it has held down third position for well over ten years. In other words, it has been a consistent killer.
The number three killer is the adverse reaction to properly prescribed pharmaceutical drugs. When all of the disparate categories are combined, a grand total of 225,000 deaths each year are accounted for.
This is what a few doctors say about pharmaceutical drugs and disease:
Every educated physician knows that most diseases are not appreciably helped by
medicine.
-Richard C. Cabot, M.D. (Mass. Gen. Hospital)
Medicine is only palliative, for back of disease lies the cause, and this cause no drug can reach.
– Wier Mitchel, M.D.
The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.
– William Osler, M.D.
You can safely bet that acne plays a role in this. To what extent, your guess is as good as mine. I am just presenting the acne scourge from another perspective.
When doctors have to prescribe drugs like Isotretinoin for acne, we can understand why deaths from adverse reaction can occur. The brand name for Isotretinoin is Accutane.
When all other acne drugs have failed, Isotretinoin is brought in. This is the bad boy of acne drug treatment. Before you even consider taking this heavyweight drug you are advised to speak with your doctor at length about all aspects of your acne condition.
Before taking this powerhouse drug you will be asked to sign a form indicating that you fully understand the serious side effects accompanying this super drug. Signing that form indicates your move into the big leagues.
Are you pregnant? Do not take this drug if you are. Isotretinoin causes severe birth defects in an unborn baby. It also can cause miscarriage, premature birth or baby death.
If you are sexually active while taking Isotretinoin you must protect yourself from getting pregnant. As a matter of fact this drug is so dangerous to an unborn child that you are advised to use two reliable forms of birth control at the same time.
In addition, pregnancy tests must be performed every month. If you do become pregnant you must inform your doctor immediately. That is crucial!
There are many more side effects that result from taking this drug. Two chilling ones are depression and suicide. Seeking a natural treatment for your acne is worth investigating. Speak with your doctor about the natural treatments that may be good options for you.
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What are some philosophical reasons not to commit suicide?
Sociobiology teaches that a certain set of egotistical, selfish values remain with us from antiquity and will continue to be cavemen. Certainly the insanity of this Second Great Depression seems to confirm the selfish war of all against war that hides behind the facade of law, civilization and morality. And look at male-female relations. With all the complaints of “political correctness” walk into any college fraternity or bar and cavemen ethics still rule. Full Story »
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