manic-depressive
Example Sentences
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She apologized profusely and told me she was manic-depressive and would be honest from then on.
From New York Times
Bipolar disorder, labelled manic-depressive illness until 1980, affects around 1 in 100 people globally.
From Nature
Financial markets tend to undergo manic-depressive cycles, and this has been especially true in recent years.
From The Guardian
Each person was diagnosed with either schizophrenia or manic-depressive psychosis, and admitted; once inside, they stopped the performance.
From Nature
His father was a manic-depressive and “ECT devotee,” in and out of mental institutions; his mother mocked him, hit him, hated him and taught him to hate himself.
From New York Times
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