What is the difference between depression and Bi-polar?

Ok, I can tell you this. I am diagnosed bipolar. We experiance bolth depression and manic states. There are actualy diffrent classifications of bipolar, and stages. Bipolar I - Mania and Major Depression
Bipolar II - Hypomania and Major Depression
Bipolar III - Cyclothymia
Bipolar IV - Antidepressant induced hypo/mania
Bipolar V - Major Depression with a family history of bipolar disorder
Bipolar VI - Unipolar Mania
I am the one that is always manic and hyper, but i get pissed off at the drop of a dime. Then like 5 mins later im happy again. Some are more depressed than they are manic. bipolar dissorder is very tricky tho.... Common cases of depression are often misdiagonsed as bipolar. And some people who are only bein treated for depression need to be treated for bipolar. I dont think I can actually answer this question like you want its alittle vague. Because these 2 dissorders intertwine and are commonly confused. The only way you can really tell if u r bipolar and not depressed is if you take an antidepressant, and you become more manic or aggresive. that means u would need the moodstabalizer to balance the problem and level the emotion......I hope that helped..maybee

An over simplified explanation would be that a depressed person tends to feel down most the time.
A person who is said to be bi-polar has emotional highs and lows. It used to be called manic-depression, with manic describing the unreasonable high. By high, I don't mean altered by drugs high. Check out the web site below for more details.

well, depression is when you're depressed all the time... and bi-polar is when you're sad one minute, then the next you're happy and excited, and then the next you're mad and cussing at everyone you see. in other words, it's when you're emotions change very quickly and a lot.

depression is when you feel extremely upset all the time for a great period of time...even if you dont know why your upset or why you get so upset. bi-polar is more ups and downs, and with bi-polar the moods can change at the drop of a dime without warning or reasoning

Depression is a condition in which the person experiences low mood. Bipolar disorder is what used to be called manic depressive disorder in which the person has huge mood swings, fluctuating between extreme highs and extreme lows.

Bipolar includes hypomania (subthresshold mania) at minimum. That's more energy and needing less sleep than normal, disinhibition, hypersexuality, poor decision making... at least some of a number of characteristics that are beyond ordinary behavior or "being happy."

Depression
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life sucks
life sucks
life sucks
life still sucks
life sucks

Bi-Polar
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life sucks
wow life is pretty cool
life sucks
life is like so neat I can stay up for days
life sucks

Bipolar causes ups and downs. Don't ask us to comment on current issues. We will probably be against them all.......