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
Miller’s manager, Marnie Sparer, previously told The Times that the Daytime Emmy-winning actor had been “struggling with manic depression when he died,” although no specific cause or manner of death was disclosed at that time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
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