Yes and no. Classic BP-I requires full manic episodes, but there is a new diagnosis of BP-II that requires only mild hypomanic episodes. These hypomanic episodes may be too small to notice.
Usually, if you've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, you have some trace of those manic phases.
Yes.
Bipolar disorder happens of just one manic episode happend in the life.
Yes, I have both. Diagnosed in 2008 as being manic depressive and boderline bipolar.
Depression is one of the symptoms of being bipolar. Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
Manic depression and bipolar both refer to the same disorder. The individual will alternate between states of manic behavior and being depressed. Treatment is a combination of medication and psychotherapy.
Yes mania is characterized by intense mood changes, grandoisity, excess energy, and insomnia while depression is a comeplete lack of interest of things a person used to get pleasure from, a feeling of worthlessness, and a lack of energy or motivation.
Bipolar I disorder is characterized by manic episodes, the "high" of the manic-depressive cycle.
Depression is one of the symptoms of bipolar. Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
If he has said it when he's not manic, it's not the bipolar disorder talking.
Bipolar - A Narration of Manic Depression was created in 2011.
Also known as manic-depressive, the individual will alternate between states of manic activity and being depressed.
Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and being depressed.
Known also as bipolar, the individual alternates between states of manic behavior and being depressed.