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[|Human|] Hello, I am 60 and have had episodes of depression for 30 years approx.  In the past 2 years I have developed a bipolar pattern of roughly 4 good weeks to 3 very bad ones.  This pattern seemed to come about following when I started exercising every day, i.e. swimming over a mile each day.  Have you come across this before?Alan
[|AI|]  Hello Alan, Regarding the association of swimming and bipolar disorder, i don't think there is any association. Now coming to your illness, recurrent depressive episodes which occur very frequently (like in your case) are suggestive of bipolar disorder. Technically the bipolar disorder should have both mania and depression. But recurrent mania is also labelled as bipolar disorder. And recurrent depression is considered to be a risk factor for bipolar disorder. As you have mentioned that you experience these episodes frequently, I would suggest you to visit your psychiatrist. Your symptoms require Chat Doctor. The