Bipolar disorder results in extreme moods fluctuations in a person affecting the over all well being. Some years back bipolar disorder was also known as atypical depression where the person experiences extreme mood swings from feeling very sad, hopeless and worthless to exceptionally agitated, hyper and restlessness. The mood of the person oscillates between two completely different emotions from feeling ecstatic to feeling completely depressed hence, the name given bipolar disease. A person having bipolar disorder can lead a normal life. This disease occurs in sequence and earlier in life especially in teens and early twenties. Bipolar Disorder Symptoms These symptoms are varied and need not be the same for all individuals. This is a serious disorder as it affects the person’s lifestyle, health, jobs and family relations. Bipolar disorder symptoms can come in the form of thoughts of suicide and homicides and actually performing such acts. Other symptoms of bipolar disorder are addiction to drugs and alcohol and also becoming abusive and extremely depended. Bipolar Disorder In Children There are cases of bipolar disorder in children too apart from males and females. Since, the disease is a long term illness and risky, bipolar disorder in children should not be ignored and the right treatment has to start as soon as the symptoms are shown. Many experts state that due to the chemical; imbalance within the brain, bipolar disorder in children may occur. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that control the functioning of the brain. Chemical Imbalances Any imbalance in these Neurotransmitters ...

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