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“Bipolar disorder is present in approximately 5.7 million people and affects all ages, genders, races, ethnic groups, and social classes. It tends to run in families and is present in 80 – 90% of parents or sibling relatives.

This makes it particularly difficult to decide whether to have children in a marriage. Bipolar disorder generally appears around the late teens or early twenties, although it can appear later in life. Adults in their fifties and sixties have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but it is usually found that they have had this illness for some time but were never correctly diagnosed.” From Bipolar 1 Rescue Plan by Sally Alter R.N.