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is an illness that affects how people think, feel, and act. These people have really extreme episodes of mania (highs) and depression (lows.) It happens to about 1% of the population, both equally in men and women. When the person is going through a manic episo ....

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.... Unlike a manic episode, the person has lack of energy, and either an appetite loss or gain. is a recurrent illness, so a person usually has more than one episode. These episodes can last from weeks to months. They occur whenever and have no certain pattern. Sometimes a stressful life event can trigger an episode, and sometimes they just happen. If a person has more than four episodes a year they are known as “rapid cyclers”. This is more common in women. There is no exact reason for what causes , but some doctors say that it may be from imbalances of certain kinds of brain chemicals. Heredity also has a little part to do wit ....