Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder or as its sometimes known, manic
depression is a lifelong condition. Its an illness that causes shifts in a
person's mood, energy and ability to function.
Bipolar disorder causes dramatic mood swings from overly
high to sad and hopeless and then back again, often with periods of normal mood
in between.
Severe changes in energy and behaviour go along with these
changes in mood. The highs are called episodes of mania and the lows are called
episodes of depression.