Bipolar
Manic depression syndrome, also know as Bipolar Disorder, is a serious, two-faced mental illness that affects approximately three million people all across America today. Bipolar is characterized by a cycle of mood swings between elation and extreme depression. ... During the hypomania stage, the bipolar patients say that they are energetic, and assertive. ... The second phase of Bipolar Disorder, the Depressive phase, is the most hazardous and unhealthful. ... Many times Bipolar patients report that the depressive phases longer and occur more frequently as the person becomes older. There are two main classifications of Bipolar Disorder. They are known as Bipolar I and Bipolar II. In Bipolar I, both phases of the illness, Mania and Depressive, are clear and shows. Bipolar I is diagnosed when a person has a manic episode and has not had any depressive episodes in the past. ... People with Bipolar II never have a full-blown Manic episode, but the Depressive episode is usually mild or severe to the extent where it is misdiagnosed as clinical depression. As a person becomes older, recurrences of Bipolar I or Bipolar II tend to come more frequently and last longer. ... One out of every five people with Bipolar Disorder, begins in late childhood or adolescence. ... About twenty percent of Bipolar sufferers commit suicide, usually when they are passing from one phase to another and feel disoriented. The Bipolar Disorder has been a mystery since the 16th and 17th century.