Homeopathic Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar disorder, which was historically called manic depressive disorder, is a condition causing unusual and serious alterations in mood, behavior, thinking capacity, and energy levels. These mood shifts are so severe that they start interfering with the person's ability to function normally.

The disease is given its name as bipolar disorder as its patients witness mood alterations which are so intense that they seem to be shifting between two extremely opposite poles. These alterations can range from feelings of complete worthlessness, depression, helplessness, and hopelessness to the feeling of being in seventh heaven.

Its symptoms can have serious implications like disrupting job or school performance, destroying relationships, and interrupting daily life. The disorder can sometimes prove to be life threatening as extreme sadness can give rise to suicidal thoughts.

Symptoms

• Depressive episode with extreme sadness, depression, and a persistent hopeless state
• Manic episode with over-excitement, obvious joy, very fast speech, and an unrealistic belief in one's abilities
• Hypomanic episode with feelings of extreme energy, euphoria, and productivity
• Mixed state, when symptoms of both depressive and manic episodes are experienced simultaneously
• Mood swings leading to extreme agitation and irritation
• Restlessness leading to deprivation of proper meals and sleep
• Feeling unduly fatigued even after long hours of sleep during the depressive episode
• Little need for rest during the manic episode, where just two hours of sleep could suffice

Causes

• Some people are genetically prone to this disorder, though not every person with inherited vulnerability is sure to develop the disease
• Chemical imbalances in the brain
• Imbalance in neurotransmitters, the chemicals responsible for controlling various functions of the brain
• High levels of norepinephrine associated with manic episodes
• Dropped levels of norepinephrine associated with depressive episodes
• Emotional trauma
• Stress
• Drug usage
• Some illness triggering the onset of the disease

Homeopathic Treatment Approach

Homeopathy works upon stabilizing the extreme mood swings and cures the depression which often becomes life threatening. It accomplishes the healing process of the various manic and depressive symptoms with the help of remedies like: