Bipolar disorder is also often called as manic depressive psychosis and manic depression. Here are the possible treatments of this disorder:

Psychosocial treatment of bipolar depression can be done by medication to stabilize mood swings and by counseling a therapist. You may have to keep on change the medication prescribed until the right medications are found. The people with such disorder must feel that they can rely on their family and friends and to bear with the mood swing of the patient even if it causes grief and pain to them. If these disorder converts into one of the extreme mania or depression than they strong support .some types they have to be admitted in the hospital for medication and kept there until they can control their emotions.

Medical treatment

• Lithium helps in controlling the mood swing of patient is unknown.
• Carbamazepine reduces the excitability of brain cells can help to control its symptoms.
• Valproic acid controls abnormal electrical activity in the brain which may cause mood swings.
• Lamotrigine is most useful for the depressed phase.