Medications
Giving this medication class alone to a bipolar patient can trigger mania.
What are Anti-depressants?
The "G" in DIGFAST stands for this symptom.
What is Grandiosity?
This should be assessed regularly due to the risk of impulsivity associated with bipolar disorder.
What is Suicidal Ideation?
This beverage can contribute to a manic relapse by worsening sleep and increasing stimulation.
What is a caffeinated beverage?
This legendary artist, known for paintings like Starry Night, is often believed by historians to have experienced symptoms consistent with bipolar disorder.
This mood stabilizer requires patients to be monitored for a rare but potentially life-threatening rash known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
What is lamotrigine (Lamictal)?
This symptom describes rapid, continuous speech with frequent topic changes.
What is Flight of Ideas?
The nurse should reduce this in the environment, such as loud TV or music.
What is stimuli?
Four or more manic or hypomanic episodes in one year is known as this.
What is Rapid Cycling?
This singer and founder of the Rare Beauty makeup brand revealed her bipolar disorder diagnosis in 2020.
Who is Selena Gomez?
One of these mood stabilizers is processed primarily by the kidneys, while the other is metabolized by the liver and may cause hepatotoxicity.
What are Lithium and Valproic Acid (Depakote)?
Patients may exhibit this DIG FAST behavior when they overspend money, make risky decisions, or give away possessions.
What is Impulsivity?
During severe mania, this level of supervision may be necessary to maintain safety.
What is 1:1 supervision?
This form of bipolar disorder includes hypomania rather than full mania.
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
This rapper and fashion designer has publicly discussed bipolar disorder and referred to it in his music.
Who is Kanye West (Ye)?
These two classes of drugs can increase lithium levels and toxicity.
What are NSAIDs and diuretics?
Patients experiencing mania often have a decreased need for these things.
What is sleep and food?
The nurse should schedule these to help prevent exhaustion during an acute manic episode.
Hypomania must last at least this many days.
What is 4 days?
This singer of "Beautiful" and "Fighter" has spoken openly about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her fans are also known as "Lovatics."
Who is Demi Lovato?
Olanzapine and Risperidone are examples of this class of medications commonly used to treat bipolar mania.
What are Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGA's)?
This type of speech often accompanies flight of ideas and makes therapeutic communication challenging because the patient cannot slow the rate of conversation and is difficult to interrupt.
What is pressured speech?
Because manic patients are constantly moving and may not sit for meals, the nurse should modify nutrition by providing this type of food.
What are high-calorie finger foods and fluids?
This disorder involves at least two years of partial hypomanic symptoms and mild depression.
What is Cyclothymic Disorder?
This Star Wars actress became a mental health advocate after publicly discussing her bipolar disorder.
Who is Carrie Fisher?