I have both. I nearly flunked out of high school. I've graduated now and am attending college and hold a steady job. I'm not an expert, I can only speak from personal experience, but I can offer help and my personal experience. Especially if you haven't gotten help yet or only suspect you have these disorders.

I have depression and it's really sucky at the moment 'cos I'm behind in my GCSE courses especially in art, which I love.
What's the other thing?Sorry, I have no idea lol.

what exactly is bi-polarism? a girl in my study hall said she had it but i wasnt sure what it meant?

I came across an interesting theory involving depression while doing a research paper for my Theory of Knowledge class. This was from a movie called "What the #@!$ Do We Know?" I saw in theater.

Your brain releases chemicals into your body in correspondance with every single emotion you feel. When you keep feeling a certain emotion repeatedly; for example depression, cells in te body adjust to the amount of these combinations of chemicals that produce this feeling, and the number of active receptors on the receiving cells increases. So when the brain releases this chemical, you have more receptors to feel this emotion, you can feel it more quickly, and you can feel it more strongly...and you essentially become addicted to feeling that way just as you would become addicted to heroin or some other substance. Not only is this creating a pretty dull life but also slightly depriving the body of nutrients that would be able to be absorbed more readily at the cellular level were these receptors not taking their place. Bodily health is dependant on emotional health. The way to break out of the emotional addiction is to experience other emotions and break patterns in daily life; one way suggested was regular meditation, which apparently allows synapses in the brain to repair and "re-wire".

There it is, interesting, believe what you want.

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(The only reason I'm reading it is because it is assigned reading for my English 1A class. Shut-up!)

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Auww thats sweet of you, doll. ^^

Did someone say being manic and bipolar were different?

Being bipolar IS manic depression.

Manic depression is when, say, one month you're happy and the world is perfect; and the next month you want to kill yourself because you hate the thought of living another day.

It's much different than clinical depression, where you always feel sad, alone, etc.

I know three people who have bipolar. One of my ex-aunt's (my uncle divorced her) used to taunt her husband (my uncle).

My uncle has changed alot now since he finally got rid of my aunt. We still deal with her though, because we want to see my two cousins.

I hate people who think that bipolar people are just people with severe mood swings. It's such much more then that.

I don't manage. I crawl on my bed and write.

Ah, well. Goodnight.

Hm. Hate quacks too? Well. You're a lot stronger than I was obviously. I rely heavily upon my mood stabilizers and anti-depressants. The fact that you can manage on your own speaks volumes. Here. This is an excerpt from an Oprah's book club book. (The only reason I'm reading it is because it is assigned reading for my English 1A class. Shut-up!)
"She told me about a group of people in Guinea who carry the sky on their heads. They are the people of Creation. Strong, tall, and mighty people who can bear anything. Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not kknow who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head." -Edwidge Danticat
On this note I go to bed. Good night.

Haven't been diagnosed, I hate doctors. But I have depression. My brother took a test the other day, and they said he was just below the mark for clinical depression. And I'm way worse than him, so I have it. For about.... five or six years now.