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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms

Various symptoms, including mania and depression, suggest bipolar disorder. Learn the signs that doctors look for and how to identify them in yourself.
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Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder Symptoms and Risks
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Delusions Occurring in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Anxiety and Panic Disorders Could Cause Bipolar Attack
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Tardive Dyskinesia: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Ideas and Delusions of Reference in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Mood incongruence
Mood Congruence and Incongruence in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Mixed Episode Criteria for Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Clang Association in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Psychosis: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Bruxism: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Bipolar Disorder Episodes According to the DSM-V
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Urgent and Emergent Psychiatric Symptoms and Signs
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Treatment of Psychomotor Agitation in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Symptoms of Bipolar Psychosis
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Are you Hallucinating?
Hallucinations: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Differences Between Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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9 Things Not to Do if You or a Loved One is Bipolar
Medically reviewed by Carly Snyder, MD
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How Often Do People With Bipolar Disorder Cycle?
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Apathy: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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How Sleep and Bipolar Disorder Interact
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Akathisia: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Armeen Poor, MD
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The Connection Between Gluten and Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Manic Hypersexuality
Understanding Bipolar Disorder and Hypersexuality
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Racing Thoughts and Bipolar Disorder
Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW
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Paranoia: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Flight of Ideas in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Depressed Young Adult
Expansive Mood as a Manic Symptom in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Depression
How Manic Depression Became Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Bipolar Disorder and Catatonic Behavior
Medically reviewed by Akeem Marsh, MD
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Mania: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Hypomania: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Symptoms of Mania in Bipolar Disorder
Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW
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Bipolar Mania: Signs, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Grandiosity
Grandiosity in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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The Impact of Bipolar Disorder on Sex
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Pressured Speech
Pressured Speech in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Techniques to Tame the Fight or Flight Response
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Hallucinations
How to Tell If You Have Had a Manic Episode
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Take This Bipolar Hypomania Quiz
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Preocupation With Death
Symptoms of Depression: Thoughts of Suicide
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Melancholic Depression: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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How to Recognize a Suicidal Bipolar Patient
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Distressed man sitting on a bed
How to Recognize Symptoms of Depression
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Major Depressive Episodes in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Understanding Self-Injury in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
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Psychomotor Retardation in Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
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Irritability and Other Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Depression
Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD
Bipolar Emotional Pain
Emotional Pain in Bipolar Depression
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Postpartum Psychosis Disorder
Postpartum Psychosis Linked to Bipolar Disorder
Medically reviewed by Carly Snyder, MD