Bipolar Disorder

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Bipolar Disorder

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Bipolar disorder

"There are two primary types of bipolar disorder. People with bipolar disorder I have had at least one fully manic episode with periods of major depression. (In the past, bipolar disorder I was called manic depression.) People with bipolar disorder II seldom experience full-fledged mania. Instead they experience periods of hypomania (elevated levels of energy and impulsiveness that are not as extreme as the symptoms of mania). These hypomanic periods alternate with episodes of major depression."

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Clinical features of bipolar depression versus major depressive disorder in large multicenter trials. (Am J Psychiatry. 2006)

"RESULTS: Bipolar depression was associated with family history of bipolar disorder, an earlier age at onset, a greater previous number of depressive episodes … Fears were more common in patients with bipolar disorder, whereas sadness; insomnia; intellectual (cognitive), somatic (muscular), respiratory, genitourinary complaints; and depressed behavior were more common in patients with unipolar depression."

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Age of Onset Influences Prognosis in Bipolar

Many Bipolar Patients Face Other Conditions, Too “People with bipolar disorder are two to four times as likely as people without the disorder to suffer from various skin conditions, including psoriasis and eczema, researchers report. They're also 2.6 times more likely to have hypothyroidism, 2.3 times more likely to have hay fever, 90% more likely to suffer from migraine headaches, 60% more likely to have viral hepatitis, 60% more likely to be obese, 40% more likely to have asthma, and 40% more likely to have epilepsy than other people, says Jared A. Fisher, MPH, of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Md. "We think some of these conditions may be side effects of the drugs used to treat bipolar disorder," he tells WebMD. "For example, lithium can cause psoriasis, and some mood stabilizers have been linked to hypothyroidism." Others may share a common causal factor with bipolar disorder, he says. For example, some research shows that bipolar disorder, increased body weight, and hypertension are all related to elevated norepinephrine levels.”

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[An observational study evaluating comorbidity between bipolar disorder and personality disorders] (Clin Ter. 2010)

'Bipolar disorder' in the elderly: What's in a name? (Maturitas. 2010)

Psychotic versus non-psychotic bipolar II disorder. (J Affect Disord. 2010)

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