{"id":12823,"date":"2019-06-25T14:27:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2019-06-25T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:27:31","slug":"is-it-bipolar-disorder-executive-functioning-disorder-or-a-frontal-lobe-head-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/is-it-bipolar-disorder-executive-functioning-disorder-or-a-frontal-lobe-head-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Bipolar Disorder, Executive Functioning Disorder or a Frontal Lobe Head Injury?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Executive functioning is the term used to describe a person’s ability to plan out and complete a task. People with bipolar experience executive functioning symptoms during certain mood swings, but this is not the same thing as being born with executive functioning disorder or experiencing the symptoms of a frontal lobe head injury that affects executive functioning.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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The main difference between executive functioning disorders and executive functioning head injuries vs. bipolar disorder executive functioning symptoms is consistency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Executive functioning disorder is consistent.<\/b> It will not come and go. A person who is born with a brain that doesn’t process information in the same way as a person without frontal lobe concerns will always have the same symptoms. Of course, they can be managed, but the brain’s executive functioning ability will be consistent over time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. A head injury (concussion) that leads to executive functioning\/planning issues will have a specific date or series of dates that shows a direct change in a person’s ability when you look at before and after behaviors<\/b>.\u00a0There will be a line in the sand. Before the accident, I could plan. After the accident, my ability to plan significantly changed<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Bipolar is ALWAYS episodic<\/b>. \u00a0Executive functioning symptoms will only be present during a depression, a mania or a mixed episode. \u00a0The person with bipolar disorder will not have any executive functioning problems when stable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder. I have a frontal lobe brain injury from a biking accident in 2012 that led to executive functioning problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

My executive functioning symptoms due to bipolar come and go depending on my mood. My head injury executive functioning problems are permanent and consistent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is hard as you can imagine. I live for work. Writing books was my life for many years. I was able to write books despite having chronic bipolar disorder. \u00a0The head injury changes this. Coming to terms with life as a person with a brain injury is challenging as you can imagine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My goal is to help others who live with mental health disorders and head injuries. I know what these injuries do to family life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have an illness that makes work extremely difficult and a head injury that makes work almost impossible, but I will not give up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a way around this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you care about someone with bipolar disorder or have clients with the diagnosis, make sure a concussion history is part of the diagnostic process. Symptoms that seem like a worsening of bipolar might be a head injury if the person had a car accident, sports concussion or a fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking for executive functioning head injuries is essential when trying to get help for someone with a mental health disorder. Head injuries, also called TBI and concussion are so common now that they must be discussed in all mental health management plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wear a helmet.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Julie<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Executive functioning is the term used to describe a person’s ability to plan out and complete a task. People with bipolar experience executive functioning symptoms during certain mood swings, but this is not the same thing as being born with executive functioning disorder or experiencing the symptoms of a frontal lobe head injury that affects executive functioning. <\/p>\n

The main difference between executive functioning disorders and executive functioning head injuries vs. bipolar disorder executive functioning symptoms is consistency. <\/p>\n

1. Executive functioning disorder is consistent. It will not come and go. A person who is born with a brain that doesn’t process information in the same way as a person without frontal lobe concerns will always have the same symptoms. Of course, they can be managed, but the brain’s [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12828,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823\/revisions\/12828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}