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Please share a myth about bipolar disorder.

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Dr. Jane Steiner answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Ignore: It is not true that Bipolar II Disorder is necessarily a milder form of bipolar disorder.

Answered 6/8/2014

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Dr. Paul Pyles answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

Ignore: Myth: Bipolar Disorder can't be diagnosed until age 18.

Answered 3/27/2015

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Dr. Dheeraj Raina answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Ignore: Myth: Patients with bipolar disorder are manic/hypomanic more often than they are depressed.

Answered 8/3/2015

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Ignore: Bipolar does not mean "crazy." What's really crazy is not doing anything about it.

Answered 12/24/2015

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