Bipolar

Question 1

What is bipolar II?

Answer 1

Mostly depressed with at least one manic period.

Question 2

What is Cyclothynic Disorder?

Answer 2

Milder depression and mania alternating at least every 2 years.

Question 3

Name a famous bipolar president and the symptoms he presented.

Answer 3

Theodore Roosevelt

• manly but dangerous pursuit
• dangerous chances as Colonel in Spanish American War
• Slept an hour a night while police commissioner of NY
• Read a book a day
• Wrote 150,000 letters
• Impulsive, delusionally optimistic

Question 4

Name a famous bipolar musicians and the symptoms he presented.

Answer 4

Kurt Cobain:

• Depression much of his life
• Experienced periods of rage, euphoria, high energy, overconfidence, and distractibility.
• Wrote highly emotional letters prolifically
• Preformed manically

Question 5

What is bipolar 1?

Answer 5

Fluctuations between extreme mania and depression.