Talk:Bipolar disorder/Comments

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The diagnosis section contains the statement "Both within and between individuals with the illness, energy, mood, thought, sleep, and activity are among the continually changing biological markers of the disorder." This is a big stretch of the term biological marker, with is generally used to refer to a molecular or genetic marker that can be tested for physically, say with a blood test or other physical means. Since at this point there are no genetic or chemical markers that are tested to diagnose bipolar disorder, the use of the term is innaccurate and implies a greater biological understanding of the illness than we currently have. A better term here might be simply the word characteristics or physical manifestations. There are also several sentence fragments in the article which noone has bothered to clean up. The highest concordance rate from twin studies given needs a citation. Overall the article is probably not up to the same quality as most Wikipedia articles and considering the importance level it's been given, I'd rate this one more in the class of a C-.

67.142.130.33 20:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)xlarax

EDIT REQUEST:

Simple grammatical deletion of the one word "a" before the plural "mixed states" was made below. Thank you!

Original text, with correction, will read as: "Bipolar disorder, often referred to as manic-depression in the general literature, is a psychiatric condition defined by periods of extreme mood. These moods can occur on a spectrum ranging from debilitating depression to unbridled mania. Individuals suffering a bipolar disorder generally experience fluid states of mania, hypomania or what is referred to as mixed states in concert with clinical depression. These clinical states typically alternate with a normal range of mood, which is termed euthymia. Bipolar disorder can range in severity from a mild annoyance to a serious lifelong disability."

MsTikl1 05:46, 10 May 2007 (UTC)MsTikl1

[edit] Stigma Associated With Bipolar Disorder

I am new to Wikipedia and a reliable source. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and am highly functioning. This article will be improved drastically by including a topic focused on current stigma and prejudice placed on individuals labeled with this illness. I am certain that there is current documentation to support my statement. Stigma associated with mental illness, particularly Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia can be more disruptive than the biological issue itself. I have been watching this article closely and have noticed many positive changes. I am fairly certain that there are high functioning bipolar people currently focusing their energy on this article. If my post is inappropriate please do not be offended. I just registered and do not have the time to adress this further. My energy and talent is being channeled on other areas relating to stigma within bipolar disorder. If you are bipolar and focused on recent edits to this article please contact me. We may be in a position to benefit each other. Thank you for your consideration. Bipolarbrad (talk) 09:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)