Bipolar Disorder
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How I Manage My Bipolar Depression
Read how one man with bipolar disorder handles the part of the condition that includes depression.
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How I Manage My Bipolar Mania
Find out how one woman manages the mania that comes with bipolar disorder.
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How My Bipolar Disorder Treatment Has Helped Me
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.
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Bipolar Disorder Questions, Answered
Got questions about bipolar disorder? WebMD has answers that the experts gave our audience during a Facebook Live event.
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Bipolar Blog: What Marriage Looks Like
Trying to use my wife as a treatment for mental illness is literally crazy. Pardon the pun.
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Bipolar Blog: Lifestyle Choices Matter
Medication and therapy are extremely important, but they aren’t the entire solution.
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Bipolar Blog: Facing the Stigma
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.
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Bipolar Blog: What Progress and Recovery Look Like
For me, the most realistic definition is that I’m spending more time living my life than managing bipolar disorder.
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Bipolar Blog: What I Say to Family and Friends
As frustrating as it was that my loved ones didn’t understand my illness, I had to keep in mind that at first, I didn’t understand it, either.
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Blog: What to Expect From Bipolar Medications
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.
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Bipolar: The Diagnosis I Never Expected
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.
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What Should I Do If My Bipolar Meds Don’t Work?
What to do if your bipolar medication doesn’t seem to work as well as it used to.
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How Can I Help Someone Who Has Bipolar Disorder?
You can be a big support to a loved one with bipolar disorder, both in a crisis and in daily life. Learn the dos and the don’ts.
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Keep Your Lows From Keeping You Down
Because bipolar depression can resemble other conditions, see your doctor or mental health professional to get a correct diagnosis.
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Bipolar Romantic Relationships: Dating and Marriage
WebMD provides advice on bipolar disorder in romantic relationships, from dating to marriage. Whether you or your loved one has bipolar disorder, here is information you can use to make the relationship work.
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At-Home Bipolar Disorder Test: Help or Hindrance?
Advocates say an at-home bipolar disorder test helps doctors make an accurate diagnosis, but critics say more research is needed.
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Balancing Act: A Mother and Her Sons Cope with Bipolar Disorder
How one family learned to deal with bipolar disorder.
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Bipolar Disorder: Handling the Holidays
With bipolar disorder, the holidays can be difficult. Find help and advice for managing bipolar disorder during the holiday season and avoiding bipolar symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and mania.
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Balancing Bipolar Disorder
Better treatments, earlier diagnosis, and increased awareness make living with bipolar disorder easier. Plus, questions to ask your doctor about bipolar disorder.
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Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Mental health problems are frequently complicated by substance abuse, putting patients in need of special care.
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Special Report - Bipolar Disorder In Kids
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Understanding Bipolar Disorder
The public's understanding of bipolar disorder is often flawed, especially when it hits celebrities.
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Bipolar Blog: How I Manage Mania
Yes, being manic did feel good, but it came at a cost.