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Comprehensive Care for Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder involves significant mood swings that can impact daily life. At Palm Beach Psychiatric Experts, Dr. Mark DeLuca and PA-C Dane Santoro provide personalised care to help manage these fluctuations. Our goal is to support your journey toward stability and improved well-being.

Medication Management
Medication Management

Utilising mood-stabilising medications to help prevent mood swings and maintain emotional balance.

Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy

Engaging in therapy sessions to develop coping strategies, address challenges, and enhance communication skills.

Personalized
Personalized Treatment Plans

Collaborating with you to create individualized plans that focus on your unique needs and goals.

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Manage mood swings with expert psychiatric guidance today.
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Bipolar Disorder Q&A

What is bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, causes mood swings between mania and depression (high and low moods). There are three types of bipolar disorder, and each type has different symptoms:

Bipolar 1 disorder

Bipolar 1 disorder causes full-blown episodes of mania and major depression. However, in many cases, people have neutral periods between mood swings.

Manic episodes may be so severe that they require hospitalization.

Bipolar II disorder

With bipolar II disorder, your moods swing between hypomania (milder mania) and major depression. Hypomania typically doesn’t result in hospitalisation.

Cyclothymic disorder

Cyclothymic disorder causes you to have frequent mood swings. Symptoms are less severe than bipolar I or II, so they don’t qualify as hypomania or major depression.

Even though hypomania may be less severe than mania, you’ll experience similar symptoms. During a manic episode, you may:
  • Need little sleep
  • Have a lot of energy despite lacking sleep
  • Have racing thoughts
  • Participate in more risky behaviors (such as spending too much money or drinking while driving)
  • Talk rapidly and switch topics frequently
  • Have delusions or hallucinations
During a depressive episode, you may:
  • Feel sad and hopeless
  • Lose interest in the activities you enjoy
  • Withdraw from family and friends
  • Eat too much or too little
  • Feel restless or anxious
  • Find it hard to focus or make decisions
With bipolar disorder, you can also have a mixed episode, where you have both mania and depression symptoms.

At the offices of Marc DeLuca, MD, the standard treatment for bipolar disorder includes therapy and mood-stabilising medications. Medication management can help prevent mood swings, while your therapy sessions give you the tools and strategies needed to manage bipolar disorder.

The team also works with you to identify areas of concern that you’d like to improve. You can use therapy to receive help for anger or stress management, find better sleep habits, heal relationships, or improve your communication skills.

If you need help with stabilising your moods and managing bipolar disorder, call Mark DeLuca, MD, or schedule an appointment online today.

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