Truth about Bipolar Disorder

What is the truth about bipolar disorder?

• Bipolar disorder is Genetic.
• You are born with BPD, this is your normal.
• Bipolar disorder is what you have, not who you are.
• It is not your fault.
• No cure (Yet).
• Bipolar disorder is progressive.
• Bipolar disorder has definite symptoms.
• Behaviors are not symptoms.
• Medications will control symptoms.
• An episode is extreme high movement in mania or low into depression.
• When in episode the individual has lost control.
• Bipolar disorder has cycles, and patterns.
• A Cycle is movements between mania and depression.
• A Pattern is when your movements have a pattern to it.
• Other mental or physical illnesses do not cycle.
• Bipolar disorder is not dysfunction behavior.
• Bipolar disorder is not about your illness, but rather about how you deal with it!