BIPOLAR
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.
Ugonjwa wa bipolar, ambao hapo awali uliitwa unyogovu wa akili, ni hali ya afya ya akili ambayo husababisha mabadiliko makubwa ya hisia ambayo yanajumuisha kuongezeka kwa kihisia (mania au hypomania) na kupungua (huzuni).
Unaposhuka moyo, unaweza kujisikia huzuni au kukosa tumaini na kupoteza hamu au furaha katika shughuli nyingi. Hali yako ya mhemko inapobadilika kuwa wazimu au haipomania (iliyokithiri kidogo kuliko wazimu), unaweza kujisikia msisimko, umejaa nguvu au kuwashwa isivyo kawaida. Mabadiliko haya ya mhemko yanaweza kuathiri usingizi, nishati, shughuli, uamuzi, tabia na uwezo wa kufikiria vizuri.