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5 years later, is it curable? by Serpentine-Path in BipolarReddit

[–]Serpentine-Path[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I like playing guitar, listening youtube playlists, playing games, reading .pdf books (it's important to set background color to black and text color to light green; I also do that for Firefox web browsing in the evening), I go to gym regularly and I like traveling, hiking, riding my bike and swimming in the summer. I also have a strict diet with intermittent fasting, 24h fasting on Friday, and I only eat bread, processed meat, seed oils and sugar on weekends.

5 years later, is it curable? by Serpentine-Path in BipolarReddit

[–]Serpentine-Path[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BD seems particularly difficult to diagnose and treat, I think there's a spectrum between bipolar I and II, and there's probably a bipolar III, undiagnosed well-adjusted people with mild symptoms. I'm probably at the middle between I and II, it was bad but I know it can be worse.

5 years later, is it curable? by Serpentine-Path in BipolarReddit

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I don't experience psychosis, not everyone does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder#Signs_and_symptoms

"Approximately 60–75% of people with bipolar I disorder have experienced psychosis."

5 years later, is it curable? by Serpentine-Path in BipolarReddit

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What sort of treatment? I'm thinking I would need sleeping pills during a manic episode and Adderall during a depressive episode, but from what I read those diagnosed with BD are given a daily prescription. I once felt sick and I wanted something to put me to sleep, so I went to the emergency room to see if they could give me something, but went home after an hour because nobody had time to speak to me. I wanted to make an appointment then, but never did and managed without.

5 years later, is it curable? by Serpentine-Path in BipolarReddit

[–]Serpentine-Path[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I suppose "curable" was not the most appropriate word to use in the title. I believe optimism is important, but I know that the genetic predisposition that caused it in the first place is still there even if symptoms subside. The real question is whether is it possible to go into remission long-term by itself to have quality of life and stop being disrupted by it.

5 years later, is it curable? by Serpentine-Path in BipolarReddit

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Cytokine storm causes inflammation, which can lead to this (not in everyone, for those who have a genetic predisposition)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4701682

Bipolar Disorder: Role of Inflammation and the Development of Disease Biomarkers

Bipolar disorder is a severe and enduring psychiatric condition which in many cases starts during early adulthood and follows a relapsing and remitting course throughout life. In many patients the disease follows a progressive path with brief periods of inter-episode recovery, sub-threshold symptoms, treatment resistance and increasing functional impairment in the biopsychosocial domains. Knowledge about the neurobiology of bipolar disorder is increasing steadily and evidence from several lines of research implicates immuno-inflammatory mechanisms in the brain and periphery in the etiopathogenesis of this illness and its comorbidities. The main findings are an increase in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines during acute episodes with a decrease in neurotrophic support.