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Bipolar Disorder

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a brain-based illness which causes people to experience periods of unusually intense emotion, changes in sleep patterns and activity levels, and unusual behaviors. These distinct periods are called “mood episodes.” Mood episodes are drastically different from the moods and behaviors that are typical for the person. Extreme changes in energy, activity, and sleep usually go along with mood episodes. Mood episodes can be manic or hypomanic, depressive, or mixed (where someone has characteristics of both mania and depression).

Manic or Hypomanic Symptoms:
  • Feel very “up,” “high,” or elated
  • Have a lot of energy
  • Have increased activity levels
  • Feel “jumpy” or “wired”
  • Have trouble sleeping
  • Become more active than usual
  • Talk really fast about a lot of different things
  • Be agitated, irritable, or “touchy”
  • Feel like their thoughts are going very fast
  • Think they can do a lot of things at once
  • Do risky things, like spend a lot of money or have reckless sex

Depressive Symptoms:
  • Feel very sad, down, empty, or hopeless
  • Have very little energy
  • Have decreased activity levels
  • Have trouble sleeping, they may sleep too little or too much
  • Feel like they can’t enjoy anything
  • Feel worried and empty
  • Have trouble concentrating
  • Forget things a lot
  • Eat too much or too little
  • Feel tired or “slowed down”
  • Thinking about death or suicide

​What can you do?
  • Learn more about it to decide if this diagnosis truly fits your symptoms.
  • Schedule with one of our therapists to help explore your concerns.
​
What can you do if you are in crisis?

  • Tell someone who can help right away
  • Call your licensed mental health professional if you are already working with one
  • Call your doctor
  • Go to the nearest hospital emergency department

Call the toll-free National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service is available to anyone. All calls are confidential.

If a loved one is considering suicide: 
  • Do not leave him or her alone
  • Try to get your loved one to seek immediate help from a doctor or the nearest hospital emergency room, or call 911
  • Remove access to firearms or other potential tools for suicide, including medications


LOCATIONS

​ALL APPOINTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY VIRTUAL,
​NOT AT THE OFFICES


124 County Line Road West, ​Suite B
Westerville, OH 43082​


​​5071 Forest Drive, ​Suite B
New Albany, OH 43054


We closed our Dublin office in November 2021.
​Those providers have moved to the Westerville location.
​(All appointments are currently virtual.)

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CONTACT

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Phone: 614-360-2600
​Fax: 844-320-2600


Phones answered 8 am-5 pm, Monday-Friday, except holidays.
Messages/faxes received outside of these hours
​will be received and returned the next business day.

​Columbus Behavioral Health is an association of Independent Practitioners.
​The therapists affiliated with Columbus Behavioral Health, Inc. are independent contractors who each operate their own legally separate businesses, but who have agreed to cooperate jointly for operational and other purposes, ​including to engage in quality assessment and improvement activities.


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Right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected charges, if you do not have, or are not using, insurance
The information on this website is intended for instructional purposes only and is not intended as a replacement for therapy or treatment.
​If you are a danger to yourself or others, go to your local ER to be assessed immediately.
Updated 2022
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
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    • For Patients >
      • New Patients
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      • FAQ Current Patients
      • COVID-19 Response
    • For Professionals >
      • Trainings
      • Provider Consultations
      • Join Our Team!
    • Employee Wellness Program
    • Services >
      • Therapy
      • Psychiatric Medications
      • Nutrition Services
  • Referrals
  • Forms
    • Release of information ROI
    • Records Request
    • In person consent form
    • Privacy Practices
    • Policies and Informed Consent
    • Right to good faith estimate
    • Request to change therapists
  • Resources
    • ADHD Testing
    • ADHD Medication
    • Addiction Services
    • Crisis/Inpatient Services
    • Self Help >
      • Adults >
        • Abuse/Violence
        • Academic Problems
        • Addictions
        • Adjustments
        • Anxiety
        • Athletes
        • Bipolar Disorder
        • Breakups
        • Career/Job
        • Depression
        • Family of Origin Issues
        • Food/Body Image
        • Gender issues
        • Grief & Loss
        • Postpartum Issues
        • Relationship Problems
        • Stalking
      • Children/Families >
        • ADHD/Concentration
        • Childhood Anxiety
        • Depression
        • Children & Divorce
        • Eating Disorders in Children
        • Kids & Friend Problems
        • Learning Problems
        • Teen Dating Violence
      • Couples >
        • Addiction
        • Connection Difficulties
        • Conflict
        • Infidelity Recovery
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