Lithium remains the gold standard, but many drugs now treat bipolar disorder. Medication is critical and should be combined with psychotherapy. Compliance… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I have friends who have bipolar. And you never judge your friends. You never felt like that was a big deal. But… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
“Suddenly I wanted to get better. Mania wasn't fun anymore. It wasn't creative or visionary. It was mean parody at best, a… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
I've got to that point in life when there's very few thrills and lots of pills seems many of us end up… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
If I were to peruse a survey of label options, as they exist now, they either sound like a time bomb disorder… — Paul Dalio Copy Share Image
With mania, is it dangerous to ride that euphoric feeling. You feel very animated and creative; I would fill journals with drawings.… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
We no longer live in a bipolar world. The world is interconnected and interdependent. You will have to connect with everybody at… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
“Never quote a rule at a bipolar person. They turn them over in their head looking for the holes, and they find… — Mark Speed Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
