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Bipolar Illness
Bipolar Disorder: Mania and Mixed Episodes
Bipolar disorder is an illness bipolar illness of severe mood swings. It is also called manic depression. If you have this bipolar illness illness, you may have periods of severe high or low moods. These periods may impact your day-to-day functioning.
The high moods are called acute mania. They can make you feel restless, grouchy, or very happy. The low moods are called depression. They can make you feel very sad.
Some people can have a mixed state. That's when you have acute mania and depression at the same time.
Both women and men get bipolar disorder in equal numbers. The disease is usually first seen in adults 18 and older.
GEODON is approved for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder bipolar illness.
