Bipolar Disorder
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Specific purpose: To inform my audience about bipolar disorder.
Central Idea: There are three types of bipolar disorder, with distinct symptoms.
Introduction: Bipolar disorder is also called manic-depression. People with bipolar disorder experience mood swings from "high" episodes of mania to "low" periods of depression. When between these "highs" and "lows", people with BP often have the normal range of moods. In most cases, people with bipolar disorder experience more periods of depression than periods of mania. Bipolar disorder can be either severe or mild, and can have either frequent or infrequent mood swings. An early sign of bipolar illness may be hypomania-- with high energy, moodiness, and impulsive or reckless behavior. Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it, so that he or she will deny that anything is wrong. In early stages, symptoms may appear as other problems: alcohol or drug abuse, or poor performance at work or......
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