From relief to fear, these firsthand stories reveal how receiving a bipolar diagnosis changed lives — and what came next. Whether you go undiagnosed for years or are diagnosed at the first onset of ...

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Bipolar disorder’s (BD) characteristic mood episodes – the extreme swings between depression and mania, followed by a period of remission – can have a huge impact on a person’s work ...

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia overlap in some ways. For instance, both can lead to psychosis, a state of mind causing a detachment from reality. Although they have some similarities ...

Yet those same fans likely know that Roan struggles with bipolar II disorder, which she says makes it difficult for her to regulate her emotions and navigate her newfound success. “Things have ...

Bipolar disorder is treated with three main classes of medication: mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and, while their safety and effectiveness for the condition are sometimes controversial ...

Host of Healthline podcasts Inside Mental Health and Inside Bipolar. As someone who lives with bipolar disorder, there are many things about my life that society gets wrong, one of which is that ...

Having bipolar disorder -- a serious mental illness that can cause both manic and depressed moods -- can make life more challenging. It also comes with a higher risk of dying early. Now ...

Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to describe a mental illness that has two completely different presentations. Comedian Taylor Tomlinson, host of the new CBS late-night show ...