Awareness Quote by Kay Redfield Jamison

In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong. My accurate…

— Andy Behrman

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an…

— Stephen Fry

I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself.

— Sinead O'Connor

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Because I teach and write about depression and bipolar illness, I am often asked what is the most important factor in treating bipolar disorder.…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

There are 316 million people in the United States of America. About six million of them watch 'Homeland,' Showtime's thriller about world terror, paranoia,…

— Stephen Rodrick

Evidence is strongly suggesting Bipolar Disorder - previously known as Manic Depression - may be dramatically increasing in modern society.

— Gordon Parker

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else…

— Carrie Fisher

When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing a little…

— Jane Pauley

Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable.…

— Ayelet Waldman

It's almost like it's my alter ego when I get on stage... I turn into this different person, seriously. Bipolar disorder. I'm tired of…

— Britney Spears

I was hoping that I could say stuff about mental illness that maybe people didn't know. You know, speak up for bipolar disorder and…

— Eric Millegan

Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with…

— Jon Ronson

“Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told her when…

— Kay Redfield Jamison