1. By:Angie, Desteny, and Miguel Ms.Magana Period:1

2. Definition
Bipolar disorder: is a mental illness marked by extreme shifts in mood ranging from a manic to a depressive state.

3. Sign/symptoms
Behavior: risky behavior, aggression, crying, or self harm
Moods: sadness, anger, anxiety, guilt, hopelessness,
Your whole body is restless
It's difficult to fall asleep
You have unwanted thoughts
The lack of concentrating
Paranoia

4. The Diagnosis Testing for Bipolar: you have to send blood to a lab
They have to test the blood
They ask you about your family history
MAD
happy

5. Treatments/Medications
-some treatments are to use the things you like to do like
Games, sports, read, draw, play music, and spend time to get
Space, socialize.
Medicine/Examples:Tenex, Guanfacine, and Prozac
Those 3 medications helped me alot.My dosage for
Tenex was .Guanfacine was . Prozac was

6. Prognosis
If the person does not get treated then they don’t want to be connected with stigma
Also they have trouble accepting they have bipolar disorder
Does not want to become reliant with the medication they take
Fear of side effects

7. 5 Facts of Bipolar
Bipolar disorder can occur in children as young as age six.
It is more likely to affect children of parents who have bipolar disorder.
Children tend to have very fast mood swings between depression and mania many times during the day
Bipolar disorder is characterized by episodes of highs and lows
People may go for months, sometimes even years without an episode.

8. Famous people with bipolar disorder
Demi Lovato- She is a singer, actress and she has diagnosed with bipolar depression when she was 19years old, she had struggled with the disorder because she wanted to believe she wasn’t sick but after she had been appreciated to understand her sickness.
Russell Brand- he is a comedian, actor,and activist. He was struggling with bipolar disorder he had an unhappy childhood. He tried to focus on his public personal and he did he said bipolar disorder had changed his career.
Demi lovato
Russell Brand

9. {Video}
I’m Bipolar, But I’m Not…
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10. * People think that it’s easy to control bipolar disorder.
Stigma
* People think that it’s easy to control bipolar disorder.
* It’s difficult to live with people because they're unstable and it can’t leave to normal lives

11. Were to get help with the disorder
“Medication – Medication is the cornerstone on bipolar disorder treatment. Taking a mood stabilizing medication can help minimize the highs and lows of bipolar disorder and keep symptoms under control. Psychotherapy – Therapy is essential for dealing with bipolar disorder and the problems it has caused in your life.”

12. Resources http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/medical/bipolar-facts.html
symptoms.htm

14. WE have to use adjectives the correct and the best way to be kind.