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An extreme case of bipolar disorder or manic depression?
NEWYORKER: The Beaver
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In regards to your particular question, bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) is nothing but a description of a certain pattern of symptoms.
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However, his illness had taken its toll on Zeta Jones who, in April 2011, said she had received treatment for bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression.
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Bipolar disorder, which is sometimes called manic depression, is marked by mood swings.
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Whenever I hear of young adults with the type of disabling depression you describe -- and especially when they are men -- I worry that they may go on to have a more serious condition called bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression.
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Bipolar leads to intense mood swings, which can last months, ranging from depression and despair to manic feelings of joy, overactivity and loss of inhibitions.
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