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  • Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live.

    Bipolar   Desire   Erode  
    Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.11, Pan Macmillan
  • You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity

  • Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.

    Dog   Stress   Bipolar  
  • I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it's called bipolar manic depression. I've got a rich history of that in my family.

    Thinking   Guy   Bipolar  
    "Stars Who've Battled Bipolar Disorder" by Lauren Schutte, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 13, 2011.
  • You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!

    Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.114, Simon and Schuster
  • I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.

  • My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my imagination.

  • The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.

  • My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

    Patty Duke (2010). “Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness”, p.289, Bantam
  • I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with me. It was as if I'd died or something. Now that I go to a clinic and get the right kind of medicine, I am not as depressed as I used to be.

    Medicine   Wish   Juniors  
    Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2011.
  • I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

  • I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

    Depression   Taken   Past  
  • Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative people prone to madness? They have more than average amounts of energies and abilities to see things in a fresh and original way—then because they also have depression, I think they’re more in touch with human suffering.

    Nick Flynn (2016). “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, p.140, Faber & Faber
  • The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and angry, and I was full of rage. I wasnt lying in bed.

    Lying   Bed   Littles  
  • Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It is an illness that is biological in its origins, yet one that feels psychological in the experience of it, an illness that is unique in conferring advantage and pleasure, yet one that brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and, not infrequently, suicide.

    Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.11, Pan Macmillan
  • Evidence is strongly suggesting Bipolar Disorder - previously known as Manic Depression - may be dramatically increasing in modern society.

    Bipolar   May   Modern  
  • I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result.

    Temple Grandin (2008). “Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism”, p.217, Vintage
  • If I were to peruse a survey of label options, as they exist now, they either sound like a time bomb disorder or manic depression or Bipolar divide or mental illness. How can I find an identity in that? It certainly isn't something I can bring up in conversation, without a reaction of judgement or even fear.

    Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
  • I feel like schizoid is a precursor to schizophrenia or manic depression. I feel like I'm manic. I have parts of schizoid, parts of Asperger's. I'm a smorgasbord of neuroses.

    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information was naturally frightening; up to 1 in 5 people with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and rates may even be higher for those suffering from bipolar II.

  • I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself.

  • The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.

  • Manic depression's touching my soul. I know what I want, but I just don't know how to go about getting it.

    Jimi Hendrix, Roger St. Pierre (1986). “Jimi Hendrix: recorded poems”
  • I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2?

  • Manic depression is a frustratin' mess.

  • When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing from anyone else's reality, it's still reality to you.

    Marya Hornbacher (2009). “Madness: A Bipolar Life”, p.118, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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