Treating bipolar mania often requires hospitalization because there is a high risk of unpredictable, reckless behavior and noncompliance with treatment. For people with extreme mania, pregnant ...

Stick to Your Treatment. Medications for bipolar disorder are powerful drugs, and you must take them exactly as your doctor recommends. Don't stop taking a medicine without your doctor's approval.

Hospitalized patients who took high doses of ADHD prescription amphetamines were five times likelier to develop psychosis and mania than patients not on the medication, a study found. The study of ...

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a ...