Tell Me About Bipolar Disorder

Learn the basics about bipolar disorder and where to find support. To find out more information visit nami.org/bipolar.
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If you or a loved one is seeking mental health treatment or additional information on mental health:
• Visit our website at NAMI.org.
• Call our HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HELPLINE” to 62640, open Mon-Fri from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Find your local NAMI at nami.org/findsupport
• If you or a loved one is experiencing a crisis, please call or text 988, available 24/7
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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

[@stephanieh5478]

It’s like a cycle of being sad and “okay”. .

[@chastitywhiterose]

I can think of at least 4 people I know very well who are bipolar. One of them is my sister. When I was younger and uneducated, I blamed her for a lot of things and assumed she knew better. I apologized to her later for judging her like that.

[@JonathanBarker1]

Very good: this is a starting point for understanding

[@phillipm1829]

The sound in the background is wildly irritating

[@lorimiller6306]

I want to join your mental health virtual class.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

This is confusing and not very helpful. I know a lot of people who experience this "emotional roller-coaster", in fact I experience it. But I don't have bipolar disorder, I have autism. Descriptions of bipolar disorder seem so vague, they are failing to communicate to me what actually sets it apart from other behavior patterns or states of mind.

[@caraswiffft2335]

How you can help me?😓i need help😣

[@ejrebultan2791]

i want to join in your support group to save my relationship....

[@severed_limb1684]

why only 10 comments

[@kyleleggat175]

Anyone else feel like not taking medicine when manic?

[@AL-ri6bk]

so manic depression is also bipolar?

[@AwesomeAlexAdam]

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[@megantaylor3471]

This is an inaccurate "video" - The highs and lows that people with bipolar experience are way higher and way lower than "normal." NAMI presents a bipolar "high" as the same as getting married and a "low" in response to the death of a loved one. These are normal experiences and should be treated as such. The true bipolar manias and depressions are so much more. This trivializes the disease and equally important, makes just about anyone feel bipolar. Perhaps this is the goal since NAMI takes big pharma money--let's diagnose everyone, then drug them.

[@therottingstench]

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