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Bipolar disease affects 5.7 million people in the United States alone. Many people know someone with bipolar disorder. It’s natural to want to help a friend or loved one with bipolar with helpful words, but sometimes, even though you might think you are speaking from the heart, what you say can come across as flip or inconsiderate to the person with bipolar disease. Below are things you should never say to someone with bipolar disorder: “Things are so good for you, why are you so depressed?”  This might be one of the very worst things to say to someone with bipolar because if anything, the person knows that they have a good life. They can be grateful for their world and still not have control over their mood swings, which only makes them feel that much worse.  “You should stop taking things so personally.” When someone is struggling with bipolar, it isn’t just their brain that is affected it’s their entire physical and mental well being. Being less confident in oneself...

There are several types of bipolar disorder, and these include bipolar I, bipolar 2, cyclothymic disorder, other specified bipolar, rapid cycling, with psychotic features, with mixed features, and with anxious distress. Many people are curious as to the differences between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2. Bipolar 1 This type of manic depressive disorder is a mental illness in which the individual is known to have at least one manic episode in their lifetime. Mania is described as a period of time in which the person felt extreme high energy, an elevated mood, and is also accompanied by unusual behavior that disrupted their life in some way. Many people with bipolar I disorder suffer from episodes of depression, as well. And this is what gave rise to the term, ‘Manic depression’ because bipolar disorder is a mental illness in which both mania and depression are experienced. Most everyone is susceptible to developing bipolar disorder; however, a genetic predisposition makes the risk even ...