Bipolar Disorder Features

Find out how one woman manages the mania that comes with bipolar disorder.

Read how one man with bipolar disorder handles the depression that's part of the condition.

Read one woman’s story of what it’s like to have severe bipolar disorder, and how treatment helped her get her life back on track.

Trying to use my wife as a treatment for mental illness is literally crazy. Pardon the pun.

Medication and therapy are extremely important, but they aren’t the entire solution.

Don't stigmatize people with bipolar disorder, and treat us as you would everyone else, because we're just like everyone else, mental health activist Gabe Howard says.

For me, the most realistic definition is that I’m spending more time living my life than managing bipolar disorder.

I assumed the first medications prescribed to me would be the perfect regimen. My unrealistic view of how psychiatry and medication worked set me up to be very disappointed.

In 2003, I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital because I was having thoughts of suicide, delusions, and depression. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

What to do if your bipolar medication doesn’t seem to work as well as it used to.

Because bipolar depression can resemble other conditions, see your doctor or mental health professional to get a correct diagnosis.

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Advocates say an at-home bipolar disorder test helps doctors make an accurate diagnosis, but critics say more research is needed.

Mental health problems are frequently complicated by substance abuse, putting patients in need of special care.