Bipolar disorder: Can it be inherited? 8 Articles

by Teresa Rodak

Bipolar Disorder affects more than 2 million people in the USA alone. Bipolar Disorder has also been called manic-depressive illness. People who ave this illness have a tendency to experience severe mood swings along wit...read more

by Michele Harper

This is a question that will be debated for years. Everyone has their own beliefs even the doctors. I am of the belief that this disorder is hereditary. I believe that any disease or disorder that can be traced back at...read more

by Pamela Bacon

Sometimes I want to stand on a mountain top and just scream, "I'm bipolar, deal with it!". It seems like my family and society has a harder time dealing with my diagnosis than me. I am who I am and I make no excuses for it...read more

by Kevin Miller-Medeiros

Bipolar Disorder, mental illnesses in general, any health conditions, and just about any physical or mental trait imaginable are all weighed against three primary factors: the mother's genetics, the father's genetics, and...read more

by K. Stern

Yes, there can be a genetic predisposition for bipolar disorder; knowing where it came from or how many generations were affected can be difficult, since medical conditions with behavioral symptoms are often not diagnosed ...read more

by Screwloose

Unfortuately, I do believe bipolar is inherited and my Mother died never knowing that she fought that disease all her life. I as well am bipolar. My Mother weighed 330 pounds and she was not quite 5 feet tall. While growi...read more

by Herstory

She was diagnosed at age 21, resulting from a suicide attempt with many days in the ICU and transfer to the psychiatric unit for six weeks of tests and observation. The words Bipolar Disorder were foreign to her family...read more

by AG.B

My father was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder when I was 20 years old, he was 45. Let me give you insight to the years leading up to this diagnosis. My parents are not divorced, but I always hated the way he treated ...read more