Bipolar disorder
description of bipolar disorder...
Bipolar disorder is a disorder dealing with depression. According to the National Institutes of Health, 5.7 million Americans have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But this likely represents a small portion of the actual number of undiagnosed. Indeed, experts have suggested that about one in five families has a family member who has or will experience a manic episode or depression.
People who are bipolar have problems with controlling behavior and emotions they have random episodes of mood swings, they’re often self-destructive, and long periods of depression.
Symptoms checklist
- do you have drastic emotional changes?
- are you quite argumentive?
- are you self destructive?
- do you have long periods of depression?
- what about extreme mood swings?