Many people believe that bipolar disorder comes with only sad depression or euphoric mania. In reality, this is just 50 percent of bipolar disorder. The other side of bipolar includes symptoms of ...

Bipolar disorder has taught me that waiting until I’m in a crisis is never the best time to make a plan. For me, mania doesn’t build slowly — sometimes it escalates within hours. That’s why I’ve ...

Our award-winning bpHope Blog is a collection of posts written with heartfelt honesty by a group of bloggers from around the world, with each providing their own unique perspectives on living with ...

A while back, I received a phone call from someone who wanted to check in on the state of my thoughts. I was having a trying mental health day, and I had phoned this person earlier requesting some ...

You walk into a social gathering and see that most of the guests have a drink in hand. So you grab a beer, too — maybe to calm your nerves before you mingle, maybe to join the festive atmosphere, ...

Tardive dyskinesia affects hundreds of thousands of people, yet it often goes unrecognized. The symptoms can be easy to overlook at first — a subtle lip twitch, a slight hand movement, or a bit of ...

For many adults living with bipolar disorder, the answer is to enter a residential treatment center for continued, whole-person care. Residential treatment is a type of mental health care that ...

That quick jolt from an energy drink might feel like the perfect pick-me-up when you’re running low on energy. But if you have bipolar disorder, the high levels of caffeine and stimulants in these ...

For anyone managing bipolar 1 disorder, staying consistent with daily medication can be a challenge. Busy schedules, shifting moods, and side effects can make it easy to miss doses — and even brief ...

If you’re living with bipolar disorder and standard treatments aren’t bringing relief, your provider might use the term “treatment-resistant.” It’s a label that can sound worryingly like “untreatable, ...

Dave M. has been through the unshakable weight of depression and the reckless risk-taking of mania. But he says the sudden panic of anxiety is worst of all. It’s been a constant in his life as far ...