What is bipolar disorder?

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains bipolar disorder and why the condition is so difficult to identify and treat.

[MrMilwaukee]

The science behind this is incredible. But I feel sad for those who suffer from this issue. My prayer goes out to all of you 🙏

[chaeeprice]

He forgot to mention psychosis. Bipolar can also cause hallucinations, delusions and paranoia when either in extreme mania or depression. Most people aren’t informed about that and only talk about the mood changes.

[lynamor]

I’m so praying for all with this disorder & all mental health issues. Life is already so difficult, as I’m sure having this disorder doesn’t make things any easier. May God keep and comfort you all.
🙏🙏🙏

[DominikPavel-fkwb]

I got diagnosed with bipolar 18 years ago as a teenage. Spent my whole life fighting bipolar. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[dailywad]

I wrote a poem about being bipolar. Wanna hear it? Okay great! My Anger, My Sorrow, My Sadness, it's what leads me to my madness!

[parveenbeniwal]

Imagine having this disorder for years and you are not even aware about it. And what's worst is that people start hating you because of your weird behaviour which is not even in your own control 😢😢😢

[aibeworld]

Normally I am an introvert but when bipolar hit me twice i became so bold couldn't even control my emotions.
It really affected me mentally.
After the manic depression i felt so low i lost passion in everything i do.
When i was still bipolar i promised people alot of money lol, i was like i become one of most followed YouTuber one day.
But to be honest my dream is to become a successful YouTuber one day, i couldn't sleep at night, i see vision of me becoming famous. My self esteem, iq, interaction with people where top notch.
I was in rehab for over a month it wasn't really easy.
I was advised too quit YouTube because they were like that is what triggered my maniac depression.
I was bipolar twice in 2020 and 2023.
In 2020 during the lockdown many ideas where coming into my mind to recreate and upload on YouTube, i actually started but i had to stop and was once again in the hospital due to maniac depression and bipolar. That same 2020 was my worst year, the depressive lows was too much, i just felt like not living anymore suicidal thoughts were coming in. Am so lucky to be alive as God saved me from ending my whole life. That same 2020 i went to cousins house so that they can cheer me up. I was mostly indoors, i rarely did any chores. My work was just to eat and sleep lol, i became so chubby people were like guy you don fat, some were laughing at me but most didn't know i was passing through depression.
Mental health is real.
I recently checked google about bipolar disorder and they were like it doesn't have a cure wow. Normally am a shy guy the only thing i liked when i was bipolar was the confidence and self esteem i had.
Now 2023 which was last year i experienced depression, i lost 20 dollars on forex which was all my savings. I couldn't even tell my dad about it because he had warned me not to do all this online business where i will need to deposit money. i studied chemistry in the university of abuja. my results were so bad i couldn't even show my parents my results. I was comparing my self with others in a relationship as i am single. All this joined together made me really depressed. 2020 when i was experiencing depressive lows, suicidal thoughts came but it wasn't really deep but 2023 was the worst any day i think of it i get kind of scared. So this 2023 i was fully ready to commit sucide, i left the house at night i think 11pm. I had like 300naira with me. I started going from shop to shop asking for sniper (a popular insectide) to buy. most of the shops didn't have it. Then the last shop i approach had it. But i think the price for it was actually more than 1000 naira.i didn't have 1k i was with 300 naira, I started begging the seller to give it to me that i will pay him tomorrow but he didn't agree. I was at his shop for over 30 minutes and still he didn't agree. Before actually leaving the house i wrote a little letter and kept it on my bed because i was ready to just die and leave this world.
So as the seller didn't agree i went back home praying to just sleep and never wake up.
The next day when i told my mum about it she broked down in tears i was also in tears. My parents prayed for me and i was kind of much better. if you are still reading this and you are passing through depression please suicide is never an option, i narrowly escaped sucide. I am a Christian i attend RCCG, i believe there is heaven and hell. If i actually committed suicide i will have gone to hell and be tormented day and night for eternity (forever and ever). U can't even stand beside furnace talk more going to hell for eternity which is even more hotter. I won't lie to you when the sucidal thought came over me i couldn't resist it and was fully ready to die nothing was going to me but God saved me. any time i think of this i get scared i was so i would have been burning in hell for eternity wow that scary. please i beg you sucide is never an option. I can vividly say all this happen before july.
So i think during that same july in 2023 i started experiencing some symptoms i experienced during 2020 before the maniac depression (bi polar). I told my parents about it, we prayed and they be like affliction will not rise the second time. I started reading Psalm 91 everyday before going to bed as instructed from my parents and some family friends.
I discovered i started feeling difficult to sleep at night. May be i will sleep for just 3 or 4 hours. I couldn't sleep many content ideas were just flying around my head to recreate and post on YouTube. I actually started posting again on YouTube because i actually gave up on content creation i think 2020. When i was experiencing bipolar i was like any thing is possible and was backing with some scriptures in the bible (Philippians 4:13 i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me).
My faith was as if it was 1000%. I started believing in things that a normal human being will say its impossible.
So i started posting shorts on YouTube consistently. Some of my shorts where hitting over 2000 views this really motivated me to continue. But bipolar struck again i couldn't control my emotions, i flooded my what's app status with over 200 post in a single day. Insulated a lot of people i couldn't control my self. My confidence level was like 1000% i wasn't afraid of anyone. There was even a video i did i was meeting random people i met on the street 100 million naira to invest in anything they like, i wanted to do something similar like Mr beast.
People around were like this boy is mad but guess what i was still on maniac mode so i didn't care what they said lol.
I was tricked by my dad, he took me to a rehab hospital. Tbh i didn't know it was a mental hospital if not i won't agree to even step in. the workers there tied me up with chains and was slapped more than 10 times on the bed i was shouting crying in tears. it was really a sad experience. I was in the rehab for over a month i was given alot of drugs and medication. This 2024 and am still on medication. But i won't lie after i came back home from the rehab i started losing interest bit by bit on content creation on YouTube. I didn't have that vibes, ideas and confidence any more. I mostly recreate content i see from some YouTuber like onevilage, isaacsamz, beastboy and other content creators. My creativity right now is just zero.
But my depressive low during 2023 was really not bad maybe because of the medication. But tbh i totally lost passion to create contents.
So currently now in 2024 i think am just back being an introvert am just trying to be consistent on YouTube, it's like am just forcing my self to do it. My contents doesn't really have quality currently am just posting short memes and videos with my face attached to it(reaction videos).it like am just going for quantity over quality, that vibe i had when bipolar to create is there any more. Am just trying and hoping one day i win.
My popular video: asking Messi or Ronaldo i was actually being bipolar then because me as introvert cant even meet up people and asking them questions lol.
Also my other video: rare footage of David aibe big dreams which was over 50mins long i was actually bipolar. Even though i was bipolar i also have dreams of winning one day. I am currently at 5k subs now.
I will still try to upload shorts on YouTube even though i am not really getting views.
Alot of motivation i have heard will be like never give up and am not ready to give up, God's time is the best.
Alot of people out there might be passing through depression, bipolar, suicidal thoughts some might even commit suicide i wish this channel will become world class one day to motivate others to become a better version of themselves.
Mental health us real.
Sucide is not an option.
Hell is real.
Heaven is real.
Last last na everybody go dey alright 🇳🇬🙏.
Wow this comment is so long,
dont mind my English though in some sentences.

[Vicvines]

You know what I love about living in 2016? I have access to psychiatric medication. I will always have bipolar disorder, but lithium makes it like I don't even have it, you know. Like as long as I'm on lithium, I live a life of someone who has no mental illness. That's what medication does. It can make you forget you even have a disorder. Isn't that awesome?

[oo]

I have had bipolar disorder for years, and so has my dad and brother.  It sucks.

[andybrownson]

I don't know which is more disturbing the fact I'm watching a CNN News clip or the comments made below.

[brinicole]

I've been diagnosed with Bipolar since I was 10, and I never knew about these things. Amazing facts.

[catesmommy]

There was a girl who goes to my school- and everyday, instead of in class, she was sitting in the hallway doing her work. I noticed her sitting in the staff's hallway for lunch instead of being in the Cafeteria. We used to be friends- all the way back in the third grade. She has medium length blond hair, a long face, curved pink lips, a short nose, and she's a normal height. One day, my mom picked me up early from school. I saw the girl with her lunch tray, heading towards the staff's room. My mom asked how she was doing- her response was- "Well, not so good. Me and my mom went to the doctor, and they said I might be bipolor. I've just been feeling depressed..." I never knew what happened to that girl. But I feel like I will. One day. -Ashley

[tpuldon]

Thank you this video really explained what's going on.

[LubaLuba]

this is as much help to me as returning a shopping cart back in its place!

[lazycat]

I like this and would like to see more Of this type of stuff, people need to see this

[zyprexamedssucks]

I've had this shit for almost 7 years & still see things that aren't really there

[djozzdraper]

Great OBJECTIVE analysis. Something that is lacking in most of CNN's reports.

[Erikah-Smalls]

Thorough yet easy to understand what is going on when a person experiences bipolar symptoms.

[aquarius]

I was diagnosed as bipolar in the early 2000s . The only way i got help was to tell the doctor " if something doesn't change I'm either going to be dead or in prison ". She prescribed citalopram 40 mg . My explosive temper is mostly in check as is the wide swings in my mood . Had i known that the meds were only $4 monthly WITHOUT INSURANCE i would've seeked help sooner.

[NaturallyMariaB]

I was diagnosed when i was 13. Haven't been on medication or seeked help every since. I'm tired. Im trying to help myself now.