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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:28

Answer:

A bi-polar person is only depressed some of the time. As the name implies, the person "flips" from positive to negative (poles),

and so, sometimes they're as happy as a clam. But they can flip

back and forth often.

A person with chronic depression is extremely sad most of the time and seldom seems to be happy. They range in mood

from deeply depressed (even suicidal) to just so-so average.

Good news, though, both can be medically treated.

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Chonic depression is a component of bi-polar disorder. Some people think the other part of bi-polar disorder is necessarily extreme highs in mood. That's one way ... other ways include rapid cycling of thoughts, or obsessive behaviors (gambling, collecting things...).

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people with bipolar disorder can be "stuck" in depression or hypomania for years.

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no it can't

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Hello "by the way". All mental illnesses symptoms overlap since they are all caused by the neurotrasmiters not functioning properly. When a person is in the down mood of Bipolar the symptoms are very similar to chronic depression. Depression does not have the "up" mood that Bi polar has. A person who is depressed is always depressed (the mood does not swing). Argentox2@yahoo.com

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