Bipolar Disorder FAQ
There are questions I regularly get regarding bipolar disorder- what better way to answer them than in a newsletter!
#1 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANIC DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR DISORDER?
There is no difference. Manic depression is the old name of the illness. The term bipolar disorder better represents the reality of the symptoms- as there is a lot more to bipolar than mania and depression. When I first started managing my own illness in 1998, I made the discovery that bipolar has many, many mood swing symptoms outside of mania and depression including: anxiety, psychosis, mixed episodes, paranoia (a form of psychosis), OCD and ADHD symptoms and so many more! The diagnosis of ‘bipolar disorder’ represents the illness as a continuum between the lows and the highs with many, many symptoms in between.
#2 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIPOLAR I(ONE) AND BIPOLAR II (TWO)? It’s often difficult to know the [ Read More ]
