manic depression

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It used to be known as manic depression, and symptoms include episodes of:

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

That condition was called manic depression in those days.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

He was “struggling with manic depression when he died,” according to a news release provided to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

He was born in 1910 and developed symptoms of bipolar, once called manic depression, in his early adulthood.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2022

We can’t go back in time and diagnose him, but from here it looks like a form of epilepsy or, most likely, the beginnings of bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic depression.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman