One of the patent signs of bipolar disorder is a manic episode. It refers to a prolonged period of abnormally elevated, ...

A patient of mine, Henry, recently told me his girlfriend asked “Is bipolar disorder ‘real’?” Bipolar disorder certainly was having a real effect on my patient’s life. But Henry’s girlfriend might ...

For nearly a decade, Leah Charles-King knew something was profoundly wrong. It took that long — nine and a half years, in line with the national average — before she received the diagnosis that ...

Many people think that bipolar disorder is just extreme mood swings. You are happy one moment and sad the next. But that is not what it’s like at all. Living with bipolar disorder looks a lot ...