Women are twice as likely to have depression over men. Bipolar-disorder was really first observed and written about by, Plato in Early Greece. This illness effects about 2.2 million people in the United States. The primary incidence of this disorder is during young adulthood and can be seen sometimes in adolescents. Severe and heightened degrees of mania with swings to major depression.
Onset is cyclic with recurrent episodes.
This form of mania is less exaggerated with a swing to major depression. Many hypomanic episodes and periods of depressive features that do not fit a depressive episode. Usually considered a milder form of bipolar disorder. Today we are fortunate to have three major drugs, lithium carbonate, depakote, and tegretol, to combat the effects of bipolar disorder. The later two drugs were previously used for seizure disorders, and now are accepted by the Food and Drug Administration.