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Bipolar depression is a potentially fatal illness
Bipolar depression is a condition that causes mood swings from extreme high to extreme low.
When you are depressed, you feel flat, sad, and you withdraw.
When you are manic, you feel powerful, important, even invincible.
Manic episodes are as destructive as depression, but in different ways. Mania can have devastating consequences. See our article, What is bipolar? for a more detailed definition.
While there is no cure, bipolar can be successfully treated.
Genes play a small role, but are not the whole story.
If you know someone with bipolar, it is sometimes hard to help them, but you can help.