bipolar
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- adjective
- /ˌbaɪˈpoʊlər/
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bipolar
- Many people struggle with bipolar disorder, experiencing both highs and lows.
- bipolar disorder
- bipolar depression
- onset of bipolar disorder
They broke the news I had bipolar disorder.
- They broke the news I had bipolar disorder.
- It's working with PTSD, it's working with anxiety, ADHD, bio bipolar disorder.
- And like, whereas on a date somebody's saying, and I, you know, have bipolar issues.
- So not everyone who has mood swings has bipolar disorder, but most people who have bipolar disorder will have mood swings.
- You know, there are some, there's some mental illness in our family and some people are bipolar.
- Think about, you know, Amy Winehouse was bipolar, Kanye West is bipolar.
- Obviously he, he was bipolar, did have a brain up there.
- Like my sister is bipolar, paranoid schizophrenic.
- Or like you need medication or you're, you know, bipolar or you can't handle life.
- I'm kind of like like bipolar with people.
- Oh, that's, you know, you you know who called me bipolar once?
Examples
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Early-onset bipolar disorder frequently presents very differently in children than bipolar disorder in adults.
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Bipolar depression is a legit illness.
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- Is this a bipolar episode?
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Are you bipolar as well?
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Today we're going to take on bipolar disorder.
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My brother has bipolar disorder.
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You can find other strategies to address bipolar disorder.
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Our results suggest that mothers' bipolar diagnosis may have a strong negative effect on their children.
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Recurrence rates for bipolar disorder are high even with ongoing therapy.
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Major depression may be one of the first manifestations of early-onset bipolar disorder.
Academic text (2005)
Compounds
How Bipolar
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Morphology
Etymology
Bipolar comes from bi- meaning 'two' as in the word bicycle and polar meaning 'poles' or 'opposite ends', so when someone is described as bipolar it means they can move between two opposite mood states, such as very high energy and very low mood.