Why Am I Up, Why Am I Down?:
Understanding Bipolar Disorder

By Roger Granet. M.D.
and Elizabeth Ferber

EXCERPT: What is the course of bipolar disorder if it goes untreated?

Most important, bipolar patients need mood-stabilizing and maintenance medications to keep their episodes from escalating in frequency and severity. Without medication, the prognosis for a bipolar patient is uncertain and often dangerous. Before bipolar medications existed, Kraepelin studied more than 900 institutionalized mood-cycling patients. He observed that some sufferers had depressive episodes that lasted well over a decade. Other pre-lithium reports show that episodes become more frequent with decreasing periods of wellness as the illness worsened. The psychosocial toll on patients, spouses, and parents was profound; all had to cope with longer and more severe periods of depression and mania.

This book provides a straightforward explanation of bipolar disorder that is easy to understand and will help educate those with the illness. It’s definitely worth reading to expand your knowledge of this illness. –Reader Review

 

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