Thursday, January, 27, 2011

Manic Depression Treatment

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Life Between Manic and Depressive Episodes

By Marcia Purse Health Expert

When people talk about bipolar disorder, they generally talk about the highs and lows - hypo/manic, mixed, and depressive episodes. For us who have bipolar disorder, those are the times we need help, so naturally those are the times we talk about how we're feeling and go looking for support, advice or answers.

 

I wonder, though, whether the lay public - those whose idea of bipolar disorder comes only from the media - thinks of bipolar disorder as being purely "manic depression." We know that t...

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