190 Quotes About Bipolar

Chopin suffered from melancholia -- what today would be diagnosed as bipolar disorder, ... And by the end of their time together Sand was his caretaker, his nursemaid, and she'd had enough. But she was a crucial force in his life -- the person who gave him a home, a family.

We celebrate today the end of the bipolar world symbolized by the Iron Curtain.... It's a great day for Poland and for the world,

As lives go, I'll take the quietly desperate over the radically bipolar.

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

This research is important because diagnosis of juvenile bipolar disorder is controversial - impulsivity, irritability and hyperactivity commonly occur in adolescents in general. If these symptoms all present concurrently, the challenge is to determine whether they are symptoms of bipolar disorder, or are simply a normal part of teenage development.

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid

Manic depression's touching my soul. I know what I want, but I just don't know how to go about getting it.

Perception plays a vital role in the diagnosis of bipolar illness. Symptoms are perceived through the categories of psychiatric medicine at a given moment in history, categories which are continually shifting and being named or renamed.

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore and Kitty Dukakis. Each made a tremendous difference by doing so.