How to Beat Physical Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

Depressive and manic phase of bipolar depressive can affect people with severe physical symptoms. You should be conscious and well informed about the symptoms in order to prevent bipolar disorder from devastating your physical condition.

In order to keep your physical condition under control and to successfully beat the physical symptoms, you need to follow certain steps and apply accordingly.

Here are some recommendations by following which you would be able to release your symptoms easily:

Maintain a Balanced and Healthy Diet

Appetite change is the common sign of bipolar disorder. Appetite change often leads mood swings and other physical problem. So if you have developed the physical signs and symptoms then you should maintain a balanced and healthy diet. Sleep disturbance also can be the outcome of appetite change. Having fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, low fat, low sugar can work effectively to adjust your mood shift. High carbohydrate diets also can be responsible for elevated mood. So try to avoid high carbohydrate food and maintain a balanced and healthy diet.

Reduce the use of Alcohol and Drugs

Increased use of intoxicants and drugs is the major sign of bipolar disorder. The excess use of drug like cocaine, ecstasy can cause mania and increased use of alcohol and other abuse can lead depressive illness which is very alarming for your health. It can also trigger sleeping difficulties and may conflict with your other medications. So do not think that by using drug you can remove your difficulties, you are actually deteriorating your health more. So, try to reduce your excessive use of drug and alcohol.

Regularly Exercise

Regular exercise can work as a medicine for you. Exercise can help you to come out from mood disorder and adjust your energy level. Yoga works as a very effective tool for depressive illness.

Careful about your Medicines

Some medication and prescription may provide reverse effect for you. Sometimes the antidepressant medicine can lead mania. There are also other drugs which can be responsible for mania such as date expiry cold medicine, appetite suppressants, and thyroidal medicine and so on. So before taking any medicines, consult with the doctor, observe the side effects and most importantly do not change or stop any medicine without asking the doctor.

Get the benefit of Omega 3s

Omega 3s is very effective and helpful medicine as it has the ability to adjust the mood shifts because it contains nutrition. The salmon fish, halibut, soybeans, walnuts and some other could fish also can provide you the benefit of omega 3s.