Famous Stars with Bipolar Disorder!

For those who do no know, bipolar is the combination of feeling high, mania, and feeling low, depression. One day, the bipolar person may feel hopeless while the next day they feel extremely happy or irritable by taking on the world. Some folks who have bipolar discuss it as a million thoughts running through their brain. Some may say they feel high and low at the same time, which is rare, but can happen.

Bipolar 1 is described as having at least one episode of hypomania while Bipolar 2 indicates someone having one episode of major depression and hypomania. Bipolar disorder may be comorbid with anxiety disorders and drug misuse.

No absolute cause has been found to determine the etiology of this condition. However, environment factors, such as stress and child abuse, may play a role in people developing bipolar.

People who have bipolar disorder are at great risk of committing suicide, up to 6 percent. There is 30-40 percent rate of self-harm reported for those with this condition.

Lithium is the common medication that clients take for mental condition. If bipolar people experience manic episode, they should not take antidepressant. If bipolar clients are in their depressed state, then they can take antidepressant with mood stabilizer. Electroshock therapy is also an option if the patients doesn't respond to the treatment.


3 percent of people suffer from this mental illness, which is equally present in males and females. People with this disorder suffer from social stigma by caring what people think of them. Signs of bipolar symptoms begins at the age of 25.

In the early 1990s, 45 billion dollars spent on research to study those who suffer from bipolar.