Bipolar Disorder and Social Anxiety

Many people suffer from anxiety. This anxiety arises due to social disorder. People can have anxiety and social disorder in two different ways. In the first case, the symptom may be bipolar disorder itself. In the second case, people can be affected with bipolar disorder along with anxiety. This symptom is termed as ‘co-morbid’ condition. In the second case, both the conditions are present and the resultant anxiety is not due to the bipolar disorder.

So both these conditions should be treated separately. If the symptoms are due to bipolar disorder, then anxiety cures with bipolar disorder. But if both symptoms are not interrelated, anxiety persists even when bipolar disorder is cured.

Anxiety with separate condition requires special attention and treatment. Psychotherapy treatment gives better results in combination with medicines. Social anxiety is most common in people with extreme mood swings. Some people experience confident mood swings. In this type, people will be extremely confident and some times their anxiety increases where they long to meet new people often. This is termed as social phobia. In these circumstances if medication is used then bipolar disorder worsens. One can have behavior therapy. Here people are treated without anti depressants.

If people suffer from anxiety as a symptom of bipolar disorder, then they will be having agitation, pick the nails, can’t sit still, pace up and down. People cannot even think if these symptoms are severe since they will be experiencing extreme energy. They will be even experiencing irritation and other manic symptoms that make them addicted to alcohol. This also results in successful suicide attempts. People experiencing anxiety with depression will have strong urge to commit suicide. Under these circumstances people feel their future is unbearable resulting in suicides. These symptoms are curable and people should consult therapists.

There are different types of conditions in anxiety that results independent of bipolar disorder. They are social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder GAD, post traumatic stress disorder PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder OCD, specific phobias, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.

People suffering from these disorders if diagnosed and treated accordingly, will be cured of these diseases.