Patty Duke Quotes

I'm kind of bi-polar.

Even when I'm in a really great, steady and stable place... I'm clinically bipolar, so that always exists - a darkness always exists.

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.

Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?

I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.

Manic depressive is a disease.

I guess I get a little impatient and frustrated when people ask what 'Manic Depression' is about.

There are a lot of studies that suggest a higher rate of creativity in bipolars than the general population.

One of things so bad about depression and bipolar disorder is that if you don't have prior awareness, you don't have any idea what hit you.

Manic depressive people often have incredible energy and a slightly skewed, but nonetheless valid, way of looking at things.

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.

I'm kind of effectively bipolar.

I can tell you I have dealt with mania my whole life.

I love bipolar people.

Manic depression in general is something that runs in my family, and it's something that I battle with.

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.

I'm really quite bipolar, and the depressed times, when everything felt like night, sometimes you get to such a low point that you physically beat at it until it bleeds - as you would say - bleeds till sunshine.

Before I got on full-time medication, I believed that my mental disorder was the reason I could create so much and create well, because it made me crazy. I could go to these dark places and then come out of it and just be human again.

Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

Mania is a wonderful feeling.

Mental health is such a complex thing and so difficult to diagnose. What is a mental problem? Who does have mental problems? What's the difference between mental problems and depression and sadness?

Creative people are more prone to depression.

Manic depression is a type of depression, technically, and it's the opposite of uni-polar. Manic depression is also called bi-polar disorder. Some people don't like to call it that because they think it makes it sound too nice, when the reality is if you have manic-depression you have manic-depression.

Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.