I’ve faced the more familiar facets of bipolar — unpredictable mood swings, medication side effects, irregular sleep patterns — for decades. However, I’ve discovered some difficult dilemmas that often ...

Living with bipolar disorder can mean experiencing everything from intense emotional highs and lows to challenges with energy, focus, and more. Understanding your symptoms is essential to managing ...

With bipolar disorder and chronic illness, I’ve learned that choosing priorities is part of protecting my health. We are under pressure to consistently deliver maximum effort to every single thing we ...

An incessant stream of repetitive thoughts typically badgers Christine E. when she’s alone, or at night — when she doesn’t have someone or something to distract her. The rumination happens most when ...

In the United States, depression rates have reached an all-time high, according to a 2023 Gallup poll. Nearly 1 in 3 American adults surveyed said they had been diagnosed with depression at some point ...

At one time, Joanne M. found herself tangled in a web of a mental health condition and addiction. Joanne, of Manitoba, diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her twenties, had been sober for 19 years. But ...

When Keely P. describes her first manic episode, she lists what might be considered “classic” bipolar symptoms. “I had lots of energy, a case of the giggles, and racing thoughts,” says Keely, who is ...

Though it’s impossible to trace the first case of bipolar depression or mania, much is known about the evolution of its identification and subsequent classification and naming as manic depression — ...

Bipolar anger is a common but often misunderstood symptom of bipolar disorder. Intense irritability, agitation, or rage can occur during manic, hypomanic, depressive, or mixed episodes due to sleep ...

“Exercise” has become a dreaded word to many. It sounds like a chore. Who knew that movement could help you think and that regular exercise could help you exorcize your depression and help organize ...

Many people believe that bipolar disorder comes with only sad depression or euphoric mania. In reality, this is just 50 percent of bipolar disorder. The other side of bipolar includes symptoms of ...

Living with bipolar disorder can be hard enough on its own, and when anger becomes part of the picture, everything can feel even more complicated. It can come on suddenly, feel intense, and affect ...