Bipolar: Manic depression is a mood disorder that presents with extreme highs & lows, with at least few weeks of manic phases (abnormally elevated mood & energy level) alternating with few or more weeks of depressed phases (sad, guilty, hopeless/helpless, changes in sleep/appetite/energy level). Any phase can be severe enough to experience delusions or hallucinations.
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Bipolar disorder: Bipolar is the two sides of coin depression. One side sad, depressed; the other side extreme happiness & hyperactive. In depression it is helpless, hopeless, weight gain or loss, too much sleep or insomnia & no pleasure out of any thing. Other side extreme ecstasy state spending too much, too fast, partying whole night- erratic behavior. Please read depression- http://doctorrajput.Com thanks.
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Bipolar: Bipolar I and bipolar II, In the first, manic phases are more severe, and in the second, depressive phases are more severe. There is also cyclothymia which is a low grade version of bipolar disorder in general, where mood swings are not as severe in either direction, manic or depressive.
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