Paul Michael Glaser: Starsky and Hutch star at peace now after rage and guilt over family's HIV. 20 years ago he thought his life was over after his teacher wife and daughter died from Aids and his son was left infected by HIV. Share.
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a treatable illness involving extreme changes in mood, thought, energy, and behavior. A person with bipolar disorder has moods that usually alternate between mania, or extremely âupâ mood, and depression, or extremely âdownâ mood. This change or âmood swingâ can last for hours, days, weeks, or even months. Typically, someone with bipolar disorder experiences one or two cycles a year, with manic episodes generally occurring in the spring or fall.
  It can cause extreme mood changes from manic episodes of very high  energy to the extreme lows of depression. It is also called  manic-depressive disorder.   This illness can cause behavior so extreme that you cannot function  at work, in family or social situations, or in relationships with  others. Bipolar disorder is a physiological disease, the levels of certain  chemicals in the brain, and the actual brain waves of bipolar  patients are different Bipolar disorder and Manic Depression  Disorder are two terms that describe the same condition.