Bipolar Disorder Case Study

Demi Lovato was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was 22 years old.At a young age and thought her childhood she was terribly bullied. When she asked why they were bullying her the kids just said, it was because she’s fat. This triggered the bipolar disease and her coping mechanisms of dealing with the undiagnosed disorder started her down a very lonely, dark, and dangerous path. Demi was trying desperately to feel better. Some of the ways she found release was through her eating disorder, (bulemia nervosa). She was also cutting on a regular basis and hiding it as best she could by using makeup or wearing tons of bracelets. She was outed during a photo shoot in which her fresh cut marks appeared clearly in one of the phots. She thought

This illness causes severe, and unusual mood, energy and activity levels. This would limit if not stop all together the inflicted ones day to day lives. The disorder can be crippling.

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. There are four basic types of bipolar disorder; all of them involve clear changes in mood, energy, and activity levels.Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).
When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. When your mood shifts to mania or hypomania (less extreme than mania), you may feel euphoric, full of energy or unusually irritable. These mood swings can affect sleep, energy, activity, judgment, behavior and the ability to think clearly.

Episodes of mood swings may occur rarely or multiple times a year. While most people will experience some emotional symptoms between episodes, some may not experience