Bipolar disorder is a disease that effects one in every five Americans. It is second only to heart disease for loss of workdays in the U.S. Due to popular belief the cause of Bipolar disorder is a chemical imbalance in the brain. This imbalance is due to one neurotransmitter called norepinephrine it is thought to be the cause of depressive symptoms. Norepinephrine is a hormone produced by the adrenal medulla, similar in chemical and …showed first 75 words of 641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 641 total…was used. Now the most common treatment is an anti-depressant called Prozac that boosts the level of a neurotransmitter called serotonin and mental therapy. Depression is a disease like any other and is not to be something to be ashamed of. It is curable and is nothing someone should have to go through alone. 82% of all depressed patients go untreated. Manic-depression is also the number one leading cause of suicide in the U.S. today.