WHAT IS BIPOLAR DISORDER?

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that involves extreme shifts between emotional highs and lows. When you experience a prolonged emotional high, it is a state known as mania or hypomania. When you experience emotional lows, you may have depression.

Most people experience a spectrum of emotions, and it is normal to spend periods feeling positive and excited or feeling down and discouraged. But when these emotions overwhelm you, and you cannot control your feelings, it can interfere with your daily life and personal relationships.