Bipolar Symptoms in Women WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Bipolar Symptoms in Women
Bipolar disorder is a pattern of extreme episodes of emotional highs followed by emotional lows.1 While men and women are equally like to have a bipolar disorder, this disorder manifests itself differently in each sex.2 Women are more likely to develop bipolar II. Bipolar II symptoms will rarely include mania, but will more often involve mild episodes of hypomania followed by depression.3
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- Women with a bipolar disorder are also more likely to experience rapid cycling, meaning the occurrence of four or more bipolar episodes per year.3
- Childbirth and menopause can accelerate depressive episodes in women who have a bipolar disorder.4
- Women with a bipolar disorder who become pregnant are more likely to experience severe postpartum depression.4
- Mood stabilizing agents can be used to manage hypomanic episodes, and antidepressants to manage depression, but an absolute cure for bipolar disorder is unknown.2
- You can take an OrganizedWisdom quiz on bipolar disorder to help shed light on whether or not you may have this condition.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Organized Wisdom: Bipolar Disorder
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 PsychCentral: Women and Bipolar Disorder
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cleveland Clinic (via WebMD): With Bipolar Disorder
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Health: Bipolar Disorder is Different for Women
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- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: KevinB
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Bipolar Symptoms and Women, Women and Bipolar Symptoms, Bipolar Symptoms with Women, Symptoms of Bipolar in Women, Women with bipolar symptoms, Symptoms of bipolar women, Bipolar symptoms for women
- Last update: Mar. 26, 2009
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