Bipolar disorder is a seriously debilitating mental condition that can take a person from the sluggishness of severe depression to super-human energy levels. Many patients with bipolar disorder are often misdiagnosed as having major depressive disorder, or MDD. This is because bipolar disorder, more often than not, first becomes noticeable when the patient has a bout of depression. Additionally, as bipolar disorder only affects approximately … Continue reading Medicalising, differentiating between major depressive and bipolar disorder.