New measures are being explored to help patients with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, to cope with their crushing illness. Surprising options are being tested as possible treatments for this disorder, such as motion sickness patches, a drug used to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease and a device that produces an electric field around the brain.
Bipolar disorder is a complex and mysterious illness characterized by severe mood swings, from mania to depression.

A sufferer can experience periods of increased energy, over-activity, irritability and sometimes delusions during the manic phase, and low mood, reduced concentration, disturbed sleep and ideas of self-harm during the depressed state. This condition can ruin careers and split marriages apart.  Extreme cases of depression can even drive desperate people to commit suicide.

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Can someone please explain the difference between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder? Or point me in the direction of a good resource? I’ve done internet research on the topic and cannot seem to find a good answer. All I seem to find is that borderline has shorter mood swings. But these days, with rapid cycling and soft bipolar, it’s hard to use that as the distinguishing marker.

So what exactly differentiates borderline from bipolar?

I want to know what people think about people with bipolar disorder. I am not saying that the sufferers can all be generalized so to be summarized in one word, but when you discover that you’re about to meet someone who has manic-depressive disorder, what behaviorisms might you expect? I ask that no one does research prior to answering this question because I want to use the answers as a sample to represent a larger audience.

Like, has anyone done a study on the percentage of borderlines who are also bipolar, and the percentage of manic-depressives who are also borderline?

It seems like an interesting thing to research.

Is the question; Are adults with bipolar disorder at a higher risk of committing suicide than those with schizophrenia, a quantitatively testable research question, why or why not?

Also, describe why a quantitative approach would be more appropriate than a qualitative approach to investigating this topic.

Is the question; Are adults with bipolar disorder at higher risk of committing suicide than those with schizophrenia, a quantitatively testable research question, if yes, why?

Explain what you already know about the question and why it is interesting to you.

Describe why a quantitative approach would be more appropriate than a qualitative approach to investigating your topic.

Someone did a research paper in my class about bipolar and they mention that twins are more likely to have a bipolar disorder than any one else. I did my research online and couldn’t find any facts about that.

I just got diagnosed as being bipolar and I’m having a real hard time with it. Right now I’m very down. I haven’t told anybody in my family because they wont understand and will either think I’m crazy or think nothing is really wrong with me. I’m mexican so alot of it has to do with the culture.

I’ve only told one person, my best friend. I really didn’t want to tell her because I didn’t want to worry her or burden with this. I’ve been doing research and people with this disease are not the easiest people to deal with. She wants me to go off on FMLA but I don’t know if I can afford to do it financially.

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My fiance has been in a really depressive mood, more so then not and has had many episodes that are very odd. He is going to go see a doctor, but on our own we have been doing research. We think he has either severe depression, or bipolar disorder. If he is diagnosed can he be medically discharged from the Marines for this? I have never been in this type of situation before, and its really hard to get answers. Please if you have any imput I would really appreciate it.

I think i might be bipolar and i have researched it. For a long time i have had major mood swings, like jumping up and down then turn into i wish the world would end. i want to see if i am but im afraid of wat my parents will say/think. i have had depression issues for awhile to and it runs in the family. idk wat to do help?