More about Bipolar Disorder

Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang.

Salam dan selawat kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW, ahli keluarga, serta para sahabat baginda. Semoga kita dimasukkan ke syurga yang sama dengan Kekasih kita, dengan izin pencipta ala mini.

Assalamulaikum dan selamat sejahtera penduduk bumi sekalian.

The last time I updated my blog, I was talking about Bipolar Disorder and it's symptoms. Today, I want to talk about the causes of Bipolar Disorder and maybe about the medicine that I am taking right now.

Okay, so the cause of Bipolar Diorder are various and it's not the same to other patient.

According to http://psychcentral.com/, (You can click on the link if you want extra information about Bipolar Disorder), the causes to Bipolar Disorder may be genetic, neurochemical and environmental factors.

According to Hidayah websites, the causes of Bipolar Disorder may be because of the changes of the patients environment. In my case, tranferred to different schools because I tranferred to a lot of schools when I was in my school year.

I started my mental illness when I was 14 years old. It was my second school after my school in Hulu Perak. It was okay but, depression caught up with me. I didn't want to go to that school anymore than I want to be alive. Then I tranferred to a school near the Ipoh Stadium. That's when my depression becomes a lot worse. This was when I didn't go to school for almost a year.

My first hypomanic episode starts when I was in my foundation year. It was 2012, and I was having the most religious moment in my life. I wasn't aware that I was having hypomanic episode until I was diognisis. I was having my depression episode when I was waiting for degree results.

I was having my seconds hypomanic episodes in 2013 when I just finish my 3^rd sem because I failed 1 subject for my foundation. I like to do adventure stuff. I went to Johor, I went to Shah Alam and many other place. I spend money more than usual, short long story, all the symptoms were there.

That's for the cause and example of episodes that I was having. Next, I'm going to talk about the medication that I'm taking. The name of the medication is Seroquel XR. You can google it, you can search for it's symptoms on google.

The doctor gave me 100mg for the first week, the he increased the dose to 200mg for the second week, increased to 300mg for the third week and now 400mg for the rest of one month.

The effects of the medication are dizziness, sleepiness, tiredness, etc. The feeling of commiting suicide will increased for the first 2 to 3 weeks. The feeling of sleepiness will also decreased after a few weeks of consuming this medicine.

I think that's all for this time. Please pray for me.

If you think your family, friends or anyone who is close to you are having Bipolar disorder symptoms please confirm it with the psychiatrist immediately before it's too late.

That's all for now.

ZeeFadziruddin

Bipolar Disorder : Official diagnosis

Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang.

Salam dan selawat kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW, ahli keluarga, serta para sahabat baginda. Semoga kita dimasukkan ke syurga yang sama dengan Kekasih kita, dengan izin pencipta ala mini.

Assalamulaikum dan selamat sejahtera penduduk bumi sekalian.

It's been 2 to 3 months since I last update my blog. I don't know if my blog has reader or something but I'm just gonna update myself for my future self. It's been an awful month, there's a lot of thing that happened and a lot more to come. 

I've diagnosis myself as someone who has a bipolar disorder since 2014 but I never really went to a doctor or psychiatrist to really have the official diagnose and everything, but my depression were getting more and more serious so I decided to visit the psychiatrist last thursday (7 May 2015) and, I can say fortunately because I was right about having bipolar disorder. I tried to remember the event and the episodes I'm having while growing up. Well, let just say, I've been having Bipolar Disorder since the age of 14.

Now, for those who didn't know what is BIPOLAR DISORDER.

BIPOLAR DISORDER is a mood disorder ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. For example, you can be happy for one second and be mad the next. This disorder effects our relationship with others, friends and maybe family who doesn't understand this illness. But, that's not the only symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. There are two episodes in Bipolar Disorder. One is mania or hypomanic, second is depression. 

Mania is the stage when you feel 

- the feeling on top of the world, can do anything, heck, you feel you can save the world, or be famous within minutes

- less need of sleep

- easily mad at something or someone or short long story you're having a mood swing

- can't concentrate on one thing at time, making grand and unrealistic plan or making a plan that is not finished

- doing things according to your heart

- spending money excess ability

Depression is the stage when you feel

- sad

- hopeless

- useless

- the absence of energy

- the excessive of the need to sleep

- trouble making decision

- Suicidal thought

- attempting suicide

- irritably (Displeasure)

If you have these symptoms, please go to the nearest clinic, ask for referee letter to psychiatrist and go to psychiatrist unit. Confirm you illness because it will help you a lot. People will just have adapt with your situation because remember, you didn't ask for this.

If your friends have these symptoms, support her, don't leave her alone, give your best to hear her stories.

Maybe we can discuss about the cause of this illness in the next entry.

ZeeFadziruddin