| 1. | What is the other name for bipolar disorder? |
| a. | | Manic depression
Depression |
| c. | | Acute depression |
| d. | | Mild depression
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| 2. | What is the main symptom that accompanies bipolar disorder? |
| a. | | Fatigue |
| b. | | Extreme changes in energy |
| c. | | Extreme changes in behavior |
| d. | | Mood swings from highs to low
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| 3. | At what stage of life does this disorder, generally, affect people? |
| a. | | Late adolescence |
| b. | | Early childhood |
| c. | | early adolescence |
| d. | | After attaining 50 years of age
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| 4. | Men tend to develop this disorder with a manic episode, while women tend to develop this disorder with a depressive episode. |
| a. | | False |
| b. | | True
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| 5. | Does this order tend to run in families and appear to have a genetic link. |
| a. | | No |
| b. | | Yes
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| 6. | Bipolar disorder can also negatively affect spouses and partners, family members, friends and coworkers. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 7. | What are some of the symptoms of mania - the "highs" of bipolar disorder? |
| a. | | Heightened mood, exaggerated optimism and self-confidence |
| b. | | Excessive irritability, aggressive behavior |
| c. | | Impulsiveness, poor judgment, distractibility |
| d. | | Reckless behavior
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| 8. | What are some of the symptoms of depression - the "lows" of bipolar disorder? |
| a. | | Feelings of hopelessness or pessimism |
| b. | | Sleeping too much, or can't sleep |
| c. | | Thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts |
| d. | | Restlessness or irritability
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| 9. | When is a bipolar disorder said to be that of the Bipolar I disorder type? |
| a. | | When symptoms of mania and depression occur rarely in a month |
| b. | | When symptoms of mania and depression occur on and off |
| c. | | When symptoms of mania and depression occur only once in a week |
| d. | | When symptoms of both a mania and a depression occur nearly every day for at least 1 week
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| 10. | When both parents have bipolar disorder, the risk of their child suffering from the disorder is: |
| a. | | Below 50% |
| b. | | 30% and above |
| c. | | 50-75% |
| d. | | Above 75%
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| 11. | According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, up to one-third of the 3.4 million children and adolescents with depression in the United States may actually be experiencing the early onset of bipolar disorder. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 12. | how do you know when you have bipolar disorder? |
| a. | | you feel depressed all of the time |
| b. | | you take suicide into consideration |
| c. | | you can never be absolutely sure |
| d. | | you hate life
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| 13. | What is Bipolar II Disorder? |
| a. | | when you are more often manic than you are depressive |
| b. | | when you are more often depressive than you are manic |
| c. | | When you get more extreme mania than you do depression |
| d. | | When you get more severeness of depression than you do mania
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What others think about Bipolar Symptom |
| By: Jess on Oct 14, 2009 |
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| By: Staci Vance on Sep 21, 2009 |
| | Racing Thoughts, sometimes grandiose thinking, starting a million things finishing none, deep depression, never wanting to be around others,very irritable and aggressive, risky behaviour |
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| By: jimney on Aug 13, 2009 |
| | It is a roller coaster ride all the time |
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| By: em on Jul 16, 2009 |
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| By: Tiffany on Jul 14, 2009 |
| | When you have a high mood swing or a low mood swing, and some one asks what are you thinking about, with the whole truth you honestly dont know. When my partner asks what am I thinking about I say nothing and everything because it almost like having 1000 of thoughts but not being able to focus on on |
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| By: Alicia on Jul 7, 2009 |
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| By: james on Jun 11, 2009 |
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| By: Mwah on May 18, 2009 |
| | My Friends Seem To Think Ive Got It :( I'm Going To The Hosp 2 Get Checked Out But I'm Scared! |
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| By: Jana on Apr 23, 2009 |
| | Hope that you don't have this disorder because I do. |
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| By: wgasirf on Apr 18, 2009 |
| | PLEASE DONT READ THIS. IM SERIOUS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST FIVE QUIZZESYOU WILL DIE IN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARED READING THIS DONT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY.xSEND |
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| By: ASHOK BHANSALI on Feb 9, 2009 |
| | How can we help the patient sufferring from Bipolar Disorder?
1. By Ignoring
2. By Controlling
3. By Supporting |
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| By: alishia on Jan 21, 2009 |
| | support whom ever maybe going through this i no its hard and they may flip on you when you confront how that person feels,but trust you need to put hard work in to understand and believe it or not they need your help no matter how clever a person let them no constantly that they are not alone thank |
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| By: rebecca on Nov 27, 2008 |
| | my littler sister might be bipolar and she is onlt 12 .when she is waching tv she will get mad for no resone and hit the tv and yell things like im going to punch brittany in her head and make her cry |
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| By: Mark Reid on Nov 25, 2008 |
| | Every day I live going about my normal life, every moment that I'm in my own company, I struggle with thoughts of suicide, loneliness and depression. I havent found anything that helps |
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| By: ashley on Nov 25, 2008 |
| | Bipolar, is just becoming a trend/ title now a days. |
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| By: melissa` on Nov 18, 2008 |
| | it can hurt u in the long run. i have been married for 8 months and i wonder why my husband is still with me it can make ur life worse |
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| By: Jenny on Nov 12, 2008 |
| | I think i may be bipolar.....my sister is? |
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