The stigma around bipolar disorder prevents people from speaking out publicly about their struggles, furthering their shame ...

The wish to die is usually transient, or at least time-limited and reversible. Having a support system with an explicit plan ...

Most people with bipolar I disorder also suffer from episodes of depression. Often, there is a pattern of cycling between mania and depression. This is where the term "manic depression" comes from.

“Indeed, irritability is the carbon monoxide of emotional pollutants.” Irritation, left unchecked, is anger—an emotion to which people with bipolar appear to be more vulnerable, and that can also lead ...

LOS ANGELES -- The FDA's warning about arrhythmia risk with lamotrigine (Lamictal) based on in vitro data wasn't borne out in ...

The personality traits of entrepreneurs and those with bipolar frequently overlap. Here’s how to embrace the strengths of ...

Hypersexuality is a common but seldom discussed symptom of bipolar disorder, making proactive management essential. If you’re ...

A major depressive episode may or may not accompany bipolar I, but does accompany bipolar II. People with bipolar I have had at least one manic episode, which may be very severe and require ...

I know how important it is to protect the reputation of bipolar disorder in the general public. We don’t want people thinking we are dangerous, scary, “crazy” people who can’t be trusted.... Living ...

She is diagnosed as bipolar and has almost no connection with her 43-year-old daughter, who feels guilty about it.

While many people feel down in months when there's less sunlight, the winter blues is a common mood shift, while SAD is a ...

Glenn Close's nephew Calen Pick and her sister Jessie Close wrote a fictionalized aocunt of their family's struggle with ...