What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is the name used to describe a set of 'mood swing' conditions, the most severe form of which used to be called 'manic depression'
What causes bipolar?
There are many causes of bipolar disorder, but the main three are genetic, brain chemicals and environmental.
Types of bipolar
There are two types of bipolar, bipolar I and bipolar II
Signs and symptoms of bipolar
Signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder can also include:
- Seasonal changes in mood. As with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), some people with bipolar disorder have moods that change with the seasons. ...
- Rapid cycling bipolar disorder. Some people with bipolar disorder have rapid mood shifts. ...
- Psychosis.