Living with bipolar disorder can mean experiencing everything from intense emotional highs and lows to challenges with energy, focus, and more. Understanding your symptoms is essential to managing ...

Are People With Bipolar Really More Creative? Author Virginia Woolf saw her artistry and her mood extremes as being inextricably linked. In a letter to a friend in 1930, she wrote of her “madness” ...

I am very fortunate. After I was initially diagnosed, my first husband decided that he didn’t want to be married to a person with a mental illness. Eight years later, I met a man and right at the ...

Daniel, a computer software engineer in Portland, Oregon, was used to solving complicated problems. But when his wife, Julie, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he didn’t know what to do. Her moods ...

There’s a growing area of research for bipolar disorder. Called metabolic psychiatry, this emerging field is rapidly gaining attention for its focus on how our body’s metabolism and energy systems ...

In the United States, depression rates have reached an all-time high, according to a 2023 Gallup poll. Nearly 1 in 3 American adults surveyed said they had been diagnosed with depression at some point ...

Grant “Skip” T. remembers his hand trembling the day he sat down to write a long-overdue letter to his son. It was his son’s 39th birthday. And Skip, diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than a decade ...

Many people with bipolar disorder have a love-hate relationship with their meds. They can work great to stabilize symptoms (which is why one of the first things your doctor will do after you’re ...

Bipolar disorder is unique for everyone, so it makes sense that bipolar disorder treatment plans are, too. Having bipolar disorder usually means managing your symptoms with a combination of medication ...

Many individuals would prefer to avoid emotions that make them uncomfortable. Some attempt to numb their feelings through the use of alcohol or drugs. Others avoid or detach from situations that may ...

The retired WWE star, formerly known as AJ Lee, is fighting in a brand new arena: She is telling her story to take down stigma. Growing up to be a professional wrestler isn’t every little girl’s dream ...

From lived experience to expert insight, these books open the door to understanding, connection, and new ways of seeing bipolar disorder. Living with bipolar can sometimes feel like you’re trying to ...