7 Tips For Parents Of Children Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder

The aim of this article is to share a few tips with such parents and caregivers who are new at caring for a child with bipolar disorder. Swipe left to read now.
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Parenting is possibly the toughest job on the planet! The role of a parent of a child with bipolar disorder can be even more difficult and challenging. The aim of this article is to share a few tips with such parents and caregivers who are new at caring for a child with bipolar. I hope it helps you with your parenting challenges.

Children who have bipolar disorder go through a range of emotions and can experience drastic shifts in their mood. They can be calm one minute and hop right into a full-blown manic state and be completely withdrawn and depressed the next. To be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a child needs to experience mood alterations from a manic mental state to one of being clinically depressed. It is common for children with bipolar to combine their manic and depressive states together and form an “aggressive depressed” state.

What it means to be a child with bipolar disorder:

Children are known to through tantrums and become angry or annoyed from time to time and become sad sometimes over matters which would seem trivial for adults. This scenario is different for a child with bipolar disorder and can quickly become dangerous as the children lose total control over their emotions.  

  • The anger tantrums soon transform into a rage and the child may become violent. 
  • The rational, thinking part of the brain located in the frontal cortex completely shuts down during this phase of rage and the limbic system (area of the brain responsible for the rage) takes charge, resulting in a physically strong and violent child.
  • All this can happen in a split of a second, without warning and without any triggers and can last for hours.
  • The important thing to understand here is that a chemical imbalance is the cause of their odd behaviour and parents need to take the necessary steps to handle the situation appropriately.

Here are a few tips for parents and caregivers to consider:

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