How to Use bipolar disorder in a Sentence

bipolar disorder

noun
  • That winter, the bipolar disorder seemed to eclipse the anorexia.
    Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The singer reportedly scrapped her plans to tour in 2012 due to bipolar disorder.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 May 2022
  • Brooks' grandmother, Mary Edwards, told the court that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 12.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The singer told her fans via social media in 2019 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 May 2022
  • Ye, who has long dealt with his own struggle with bipolar disorder, may have decided to rap over the sample as a balm for himself.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In the past, Ye’s outbursts were often excused, in part, because of his struggle with bipolar disorder.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Helena Tao relies on a regimen of five pills a day to deal with the extreme mood swings brought on by her bipolar disorder.
    Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
  • Lily, who is transgender, and Dunkin, who has bipolar disorder.
    Marie Holmes, Parents, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The actress also opened up in 2019 about living with bipolar disorder as part of the Be Vocal initiative.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2023
  • On top of such challenges, Sarah was dealing with a mother who suffered from bipolar disorder.
    Ethan Ward, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
  • At one point he was hospitalized for a week and diagnosed with bipolar disorder, his mom said.
    al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Ye has bipolar disorder, which could be a contributing factor in his public rants.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • That’s twice the number of people who have Alzheimer’s disease and nearly the same number as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients combined.
    Rebecca Erly, New York Times, 3 July 2023
  • The Fall Out Boy bassist, who has struggled with bipolar disorder for years, wants to make sure people know there isn't a single treatment for such a complex condition.
    Maria Yagoda, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022
  • His brother told The Daily Mail in 2016 that Delonte was suffering from bipolar disorder.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 14 June 2022
  • Ye, who suffers from bipolar disorder, might be given some leeway for his mental health.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2022
  • She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and her treatment has been sporadic.
    Serena Lin, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023
  • He's struggled with bipolar disorder, drug addiction and alcoholism, and living in a corner of a basement with no heating, not even a door.
    The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The cause is personal for Close as her sister, Jessie, lives with bipolar disorder and her nephew, Calen, lives with schizoaffective disorder.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Most said their children had mental health conditions, such as bipolar disorder, or autism.
    Katie J. M. Baker, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
  • West up to that point had been no stranger to making incendiary remarks, but his behavior often was chalked up to his bipolar disorder.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • For example, lithium, which is used to treat bipolar disorder, can increase the risk of dehydration.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Black had been diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder just months before the incident, the lawsuit said.
    Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • After about a month of counseling and therapy and drugs, I was released and diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • In 2020, Ye’s then-wife Kim Kardashian said that the rapper has bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings.
    David Hamilton, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Henry says that Hodges has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder mixed type and suffers from psychotic episodes.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The treatment options for bipolar disorder and BPD are similar.
    Heather Mayer Irvine, Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • There was this really big, seven-page scene in which my character, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is confiding to someone for the first time.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Only Murders in the Building star has been rather candid about her struggles with mental health, revealing in 2020 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • George most likely suffered from bipolar disorder There have been a number of theories about what caused George’s mental illness.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023

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