manic depression
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It used to be known as manic depression, and symptoms include episodes of:
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
He was “struggling with manic depression when he died,” according to a news release provided to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023
Years after her diagnosis, and by then on the faculty of Johns Hopkins, she decided to tell the story of her manic depression.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
In 2019, Carter said on an episode of the talk show “The Doctors” that he was taking medication for acute anxiety, manic depression and multiple personality disorder.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 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
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