manic depression
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It used to be known as manic depression, and symptoms include episodes of:
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
Lichtenstein, who runs a media production company in Boston, was an investigative reporter for ABC News when he fell ill with manic depression in 1986.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Miller’s manager, Marnie Sparer, previously told The Times that the Daytime Emmy-winning actor had been “struggling with manic depression when he died,” although no specific cause or manner of death was disclosed at that time.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023
Between 1981 and 1992, Panetti was hospitalized 14 times for symptoms related to schizophrenia and manic depression.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2022
We can’t go back in time and diagnose him, but from here it looks like a form of epilepsy or, most likely, the beginnings of bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic depression.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
