bipolar depression

Bipolar Disorder or Depression?

Question by : Bipolar Disorder or Depression?
I think I have one of these because it’s like one minute I’m talking rapidly and I’m happy and energized then the next I’m upset and refuse to speak to anyone.… Continue reading

World Bipolar Day: How a Lack of Awareness Impedes Early Diagnosis

World Bipolar Day: how a lack of awareness impedes early diagnosis
"This manual provides detailed information on bipolar disorder for preparing appropriate treatment plans, from understanding the causes, symptoms, related medication and drug risks, warning signs for early self-detection, to… Continue reading

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)?

Question by freebird: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)?
bipolar disorder, depression, seasonal depression

Best answer:

Answer by Kira Stein MD
DEFINITION OF TMS:
TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive and office-based treatment for clinical depression that has not responded… Continue reading

New Genes Implicated in Bipolar Disorder

New genes implicated in bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder involves "pathological changes and swings in mood ranging from severe, energized states of mania to the incapacitating and diminished, low-energy states of depression," said Melvin McInnis, a psychiatrist and professor at the… Continue reading

Bipolar : A Manic Depressive Illness

Bipolar : A Manic Depressive illness — In this video six people who have manic depressive illness discuss the effect that it has had on their lives and they teach how to manage this serious condit…


Distinct motor activity patterns… Continue reading

First Biological Marker for Major Depression Could Enable Better Diagnosis and

First biological marker for major depression could enable better diagnosis and
In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Cambridge have identified the first biomarker – a biological… Continue reading

Can You Help Me Figure Out What This Culd Be?

Question by Jamie Routzong: can you help me figure out what this culd be?
okay, so my boyfriend thinks he has bipolar disorder. i disagree. unless its like, bipolar depression. i really think its just hormones. because he’s depressed, like… Continue reading

Manic/bipolar Depression?

Question by pez388: Manic/bipolar depression?
I am stage 2(the worst stage to have) of Manic bipolar depression. I have been diagnosed with it for about two years now. I have to take flourexetine for it…which I dont think is working… Continue reading

Why Are Some Cases of Depression Untreatable?

Question by j t: Why are some cases of depression untreatable?

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Answer by arfblat
“Several factors may contribute to treatment failure, including undiagnosed or misdiagnosed medical conditions such as hypothyroidism and anemia. Therefore, the patient who does not… Continue reading

Latuda: A New Treatment Option for Bipolar Depression

Latuda: A New Treatment Option for Bipolar Depression
People with ordinary clinical depression — at one time called unipolar depression — often have a few treatment options to choose from, usually starting with psychotherapy or antidepressants. But using antidepressants in… Continue reading