Even if I have bipolar disorder, I can choose to let it win, or I can choose to fight it.

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Nonetheless, if it were my child and I saw clear warning signs of bipolar disorder, I would bring the child into psychiatric treatment immediately and not hesitate to use medications if my doctor thought they were indicated.

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Bipolar II is a less severe form of the disorder than bipolar I, according to the clinic.

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In March I finally got a proper diagnoses, bipolar disorder.

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My answer created a fair amount of controversy because I focused on the possibility that the home environment, rather than the bipolar disorder per se, might be driving at least some of the problem.

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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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What I find really amazing is that if you have a parent or a sibling with bipolar disorder you are about twice as likely to have regular old depression as you are to come down with bipolar disorder.

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