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Will i be able to recover from bipolar 1 disorder?

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Dr. Jerome Zacks answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Yes.: Properly treated, the imbalance causing your symptoms should be readily treatable and you should be able to live a normal life.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Depends on: What you mean by recover. With proper medication, therapy, social support, and psychoeducation (learning about your triggers, stressors, and your emotional limits), many with bipolar can live fairly normal lives. Problems arise when people with bipolar fail to realize that it is often a chronic relapsing disease and stop taking their medications (especially when they miss the manic highs).

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