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

He was born in 1910 and developed symptoms of bipolar, once called manic depression, in his early adulthood.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 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