Dec 12 2008
Bipolar 2
Bipolar 2
If you’re bipolar 2, you’ve never been out-and-out manic, but instead you have gone through at least one or more hypomanias, as well as at least one major depression. It’s tempting to talk about bipolar 2 as less severe than bipolar 1. The symptoms of mania are less striking than bipolar 1. And in bipolar 2 your more likely to return to “normal” between hypomanic and depressive episodes. In a study notes that bipolar 2 patients spent a lot of their time with symptoms of depression, more often than not. But bipolar 2 has its own special brand of treachery. The “normal periods” are shorter than in bipolar 1. You’re more likely to keep having them over and over. Bipolar 2 has a more chronic course than bipolar 1. Your also going to experience more rapid cycling. Because of the amount of time you spend in depression episode your more likely to commit suicide than someone who is bipolar 1. This is a particularly devastating issue, because bipolar 2 disorder is two or three times more common than bipolar 1.
