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The Brain, Bipolar I Disorder, and ABILIFY
The symptoms of Bipolar I Disorder are thought to be caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. The exact way ABILIFY (or any other medicine for Bipolar I Disorder) works is unknown. On this page, you’ll learn how ABILIFY (aripiprazole) may work by adjusting the activity of some of these chemicals to help improve the symptoms of bipolar disorder.
The Brain
The human brain is an amazing organ. It is vastly more complex than any computer ever designed.
The brain regulates normal body functions such as breathing, sleeping, and heart rate… and enables us to see, hear, taste, smell, and touch. Our thoughts, memories, feelings, and movements are the result of brain activity. It provides us with the ability to concentrate, plan, remember, communicate, and relate to other people. The brain is involved in our emotions and personality.
The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system.
A constant stream of information moves back and forth between the central nervous system and the rest of the body. This information is carried by a network of nerves.
This network of nerves connects the brain and spinal cord to our skin, sensory organs (such as the eyes and ears), and our muscles, as well as to the internal organs, such as the heart and lungs.
Coordination of all of the information moving through the nervous system makes it possible for us to function in the world.
Brain Chemistry
The brain is made up of literally billions of nerve cells. These cells carry a constant stream of information.
In order to move this information from one cell to the next, nerve cells release chemicals known as neurotransmitters.
The system works like this:
When the information reaches the end of a nerve cell, the cell releases chemical neurotransmitters that carry the information from one nerve cell to the next. This is how information moves through the entire nervous system.
There are many different chemical neurotransmitters. Two chemicals needed for brain function are dopamine and serotonin, which play a crucial role in emotional health.
Bipolar I Disorder
The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells. These cells communicate by releasing chemicals known as “neurotransmitters.”
Two key neurotransmitters that are needed for brain function are dopamine and serotonin, which play a crucial role in emotional health.
Many scientists believe that when the levels of these neurotransmitters aren’t quite right, it may result in the symptoms of Bipolar I Disorder.
For instance, too much dopamine in certain parts of the brain can cause symptoms such as delusions…
…while too little dopamine in other parts of the brain can cause symptoms such as a lack of emotion and energy.
How ABILIFY Is Thought to Work
The exact way ABILIFY (or any other medicine for Bipolar I Disorder) works is unknown. However, experts believe that ABILIFY works by adjusting dopamine, instead of completely blocking it, as well as affecting serotonin.
Source: abilify.com
What is Abilify? How Can this Medicine Help Me?
One of the medicines used to treat Bipolar 1 Disorder is ABILIFY
Here is more info on ABILIFY..
What Is ABILIFY?
ABILIFY® (aripiprazole) is indicated for: the treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes associated with Bipolar I Disorder, maintaining efficacy in patients with Bipolar I Disorder with a recent manic or mixed episode who had been stabilized and then maintained for at least 6 weeks.
What can ABILIFY do for me?
In clinical studies with ABILIFY, manic symptoms improved for many patients within several days. Of course, different people respond to medicines differently. It’s important that you give ABILIFY a chance to start working, and to continue to talk with your healthcare provider about how you’re feeling.
How does ABILIFY work?
The exact way ABILIFY (or any other medicine for Bipolar I Disorder) works is unknown. However, experts believe that ABILIFY works by adjusting dopamine, instead of completely blocking it, as well as affecting serotonin.
Ask your healthcare provider about ABILIFY (aripiprazole) if:
You’ve been diagnosed with a manic or mixed episode of Bipolar I Disorder
You are troubled by the side effects of your current medicine
You think your current medicine is not working to control your symptoms
You are thinking of stopping or have stopped taking your medicine
You and your healthcare provider think it’s time to try another medicine
Source: abilify.com
Bipolar Caused Riding Accident
My brother (WILL) has 2 major thing he loves. His girlfriend and his horse.
He loves horses and the funny thing is he seems to only ride them when his Bipolar is manic to mid-manic.
Yesterday he was riding and the horse fell on him.
Doctor says he was lucky he is a strong man as a normal person would have probaby broken some bones or worse.
His mood before he saw the doctor was horrible as it seemed he was cussing at everyone he came into contact with. He is doing better now and the mood has changed to a positive one…for the time being.
I am including a recent picture of my brother and his sweetheart (the other sweetheart…not the horse) lol.. on this post..
Hope all is well.
Jerry
Hello Everyone. This is a Community Blog for Families who have Loved ones with Bi-Polar
Hello My Friend
My name is Jerry Wipf and I am creating this Blog so I can communicate with other people who are going through the same things I am when it comes to a loved one with Bi-polar.
No one can understand the pain and suffering associated with this disease if they do not have a loved one who has bi-polar or if they do not have bi-polar themselves.
If you are reading this and you have Bi-Polar please understand that I respect you and even though I do not know you personally I feel your pain. I deal with the difficulties of this disease on a daily basis. I have a family member who is very dear to me who has this disease and my NEW way of coping with it (I Hope) is this blog.
I have run out of resources. My friends do not understand what my brother is going through. Instead it seems like he is constantly the latest juicy gossip story at the local restaurant instead of a “How can we help” solution.
God knows we love our family. God knows I love my brother but…how it hurts me when my brother calls me and he mentions the latest invention that he has invented. The latest airplane that he will own. The latest BILLION dollar business he is going to start. The million dollar ranch he is building. The ten million dollars worth of stock he has in the bank. For me as his older brother whom he respects and loves to sit there and listen and tell him that it will not happen hurts so very badly.
Please post here and let me know how you cope with this problem. I have a long history with this with my brother and I am sure I will share more in later blogs. For now I just needed to talk to someone and get it out of my system. I had an EXTREMELY HORRIBLE episode today with my brother. I love my brother but the hospital that has been helping him can only do so much. He can not be monitored like I would like to monitor him because he lives in a different state with no family around him. Just bad influences.
Thank For Reading This and Please lets share together and help each other and others like us. We love our families and we want the best for them.
I want to print out all the comments this blog gets and show them to my brother so he knows others care. He has a good heart and I know he will appreciate it.
Here is a picture of my brother.
With Love and Concern
Jerry