(updated 11/2014) You don’t have bipolar disorder, necessarily, but you’ve got something more than plain depression: that’s why you’re here.
Most of the ideas below apply to anyone with a mood problem, so don’t let “bipolar” labels throw you. Almost all the research outside “Major Depression” has been with full-on bipolar disorders, very rarely on people in the middle of the Mood Spectrum. We have to stretch the research to apply to you, perhaps.
Lots to learn. Make sure you have the basics of treatment first. But then… the summaries below will introduce you to many other things I think are important. Maybe you too. Use the links to read the stuff that catches your eye.
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