The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Sci Guys Podcast #71

Рет қаралды 10,507

4 жыл бұрын

This week our patrons chose Bipolar Disorder as the topic for us to tackle! We ask some big questions and dispel some misconceptions as we get into the science of bipolar disorder.
PATREON: / sciguys
WATCH EVERY EPISODE:
bit.ly/2z3ifN0
SUBSCRIBE TO SCI GUYS
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2TAPC3h
Spotify: spoti.fi/2H91rZu
KZfaq: bit.ly/2Z7bWTk
FOLLOW THE PODCAST
Twitter: / sciguyspod
Instagram: / sciguyspod
FaceBook: / sciguyspod
Follow the SCI GUYS
@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
REFERENCES
www.nhs.uk/conditions/bipolar...
www.nhs.uk/conditions/bipolar...
www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publi...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
link.springer.com/article/10....
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
www.dana.org/article/neurotra...
qbi.uq.edu.au/brain/brain-phy...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Пікірлер: 58

@abby-cally 3 жыл бұрын

Yay they read my review!!

@literal-tree 3 жыл бұрын

the problem with people without clinical depression just throwing around "I'm so depressed" because something mildly inconvenienced them or they're just sad, is that it adds to the romanticism of mental health illnesses and disorders, which is just like how people who don't have ocd say things like "Oh, I'm so od" just because they organise things a certain way

@littletaryn4899 3 жыл бұрын

I have bd and am currently having a manic episode. I stayed up all night doing crazy things with my friends and at the end of the night they were all tired and I felt nothing. I took a nap that day and then the next night I still didn't fall asleep until 5am. I feel almost no need for sleep and the only reason I do is because I know my body needs it and I love seeing what kind of crazy things my brain can make up in my dreams. I have very vivid dreams when I'm manic where I can feel sensations, I can have whole conversations, and I can smell things.

@urban_toad 3 жыл бұрын

I have Bipolar II disorder and it was really great to hear you discuss it in such a scientific and thoughtful way. It was especially good to hear Luke’s experience with cyclothymia. Mental illness imo is portrayed very poorly in the media so having it approached this way was really refreshing

@benbenben1008 3 жыл бұрын

My therapist told me I was diagnosed with Anxiety. Then (few years later) I have a new therapist and they told me I have anxiety DISORDER and it triggered my anxiety and it was such a dumb thing to freak out over lmao. Im fine now because I was comfortable enough to tell her that it freaked me out and we got to chuckling about it now

@AeroAngeloA 3 жыл бұрын

"you haven't drowned yet tho" 😂😂😅 I know that feeling with specialist too well

@deadlymelody27 3 жыл бұрын

I love when luke starts talking about mental health and philosophy for ages because this is 100% what i would do. This is the sort of stuff i end up getting into deep conversations about at house parties with like one person, ignoring all the other people partying 😂 i feel like we would get on

@doovbaloevera1430 2 жыл бұрын

"Where...did you read that?" 🙂

@pixie7349 3 жыл бұрын

My mother and grandmother has Bipolar disorder type 1; both have been hospitalized for at least several days if not months at a time at least once a year. I have often wondered if the stress response to growing up with that person aides or triggers the gene. My mother was abused by my grandmother; and I was essentially neglected because she would be in hospital for weeks or months and I would be paying her bills to keep the lights on and the mobile home since I was 10. I have been diagnosed as well but thus far I am working and functioning.

@ozibuyensin Жыл бұрын

luke having cyclothmia is soo interesting and kinda odd to me because i just wasnt expected this episode to go like this and i dont know why other people arent as excited about it as i am.

@soilderisahealslut6614 3 жыл бұрын

I'm bipolar and love that this is an episode

@megoliver9761 Жыл бұрын

the whole religion tangent you guys went into blew my tiny mind as someone who grew up as a pastors kid and was heavily influenced by the church and now leaving that scene and realising my mental health is an absolute shambles lmao

@bellahoyle6565 Жыл бұрын

One of the big things I’ve found with mixed episodes (having both (hypo)manic and depressive episodes at the same time) is rapid cycling. With that, depression and (hypo) manic symptoms tend to rapidly switch back and forth. For me, it’s been depressive symptoms in the morning then hypomanic symptoms in the afternoon then it just switches between the two back and forth.

@ferresmeets1937 3 жыл бұрын

Corry blond now. I'm confused. :D

@youtuber_boi7672 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best podcast and Sci Guys actually gives great information in a fun way!

@erint5373 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sci-Guys, would be great if you could do an episode on PTSD(acute, chronic and complex). There are a few different theories out there on why it develops in some and not others, would be great to hear your thoughts!

@SirSoup44 3 жыл бұрын

I have bipolar 2 disorder and I was told that if I didn't get treatment that I would probably become type 1. My last hypomanic episode got scary when I thought I'd fly if I stepped of my balcony. Luckily I didn't because my train of thought was a mess. So yeah I was stepping into full blown mania and psychosis at the end. Thank God for medication and therapy haha. I still get mixed episodes and that's when I'm most vulnerable, my skin crawls and I have insatiable rage. It's when I'm likely to be risky or self harm. Even when I'm at baseline, anger and distress tolerance is my main problem. Just thought I'd help fill some gaps 😁

@AndresHernandez2 Жыл бұрын

This was my favorite episode

@alliumbees 2 жыл бұрын

An episode on bpd wuld be so interesting as well and not just bc I .. May have it

@sad_doggo2504 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I've heard opposing views of impairment addressed. One person's impairment might not look like another person's impairment and sometimes impairment can be very hard to see. Thank you for tackling this topic with empathy!