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Originally Posted by dark_heart_x
No, all bipolar is chronic. What chronic means is it is a life long illness with no cure. For example, diabetes is also a chronic illness on the physical side. I use diabetes as an example because they are two illnesses that although they cannot be cured, they can be controled and managed by eternal efforts.
The opposite of chronic is acute, which means it is a short term thing and will go away.
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I so agree with this statement. Bipolar Disorder is a chronic spectrum disorder much like Autism is a spectrum disorder. Each one of us is impaired in someway and our symptoms are similar but slightly different. I don't like to get caught up in the classification as to whether it is Bipolar I or II or whatever or splitting hairs in a diagnosis. It all sucks. Each episode sucks for anyone on that spectrum. It is impairing to a degree. I think the clarifications are more for insurance billing purposes anyway. IMO
