One in 50 Brits are living with bipolar disorder, yet it can be tough to get a diagnosis WorldBipolarDay
One in 50 Brits are living with bipolar disorder. That’s 1.3 million, yet it can be tough to get a diagnosis – with 67% of people initially receiving no advice on how to manage it.
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Emma says: “I struggled through my teen years. Life was chaotic from age 15, and I had experienced trauma. At 29, I had a breakdown. Three people close to me had died in quick succession and I was running a stressful business. I got increasingly manic, until I completely crashed. My world collapsed overnight.
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