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Most people have false perceptions of exactly what Bipolar disorder is. There are actually two kinds of Bipolar disorder, Bipolar I and Bipolar II. The more severe of the two is Bipolar I where there are reecurrent manic episodes. If Bipolar I remains untreated there is a high 15% suicide rate. When people think of Bipolar disorder they think of someone being extremly happy one second and then being enraged the second. Although there are severe mood swings they are not of this specific characterization. Victims of Bipolar disorder can be extremly depressed and get thoughts of suicide. These specific moods last for maybe a few days all the way up to a few weeks. But their swing in mood can happen from day to day. One day they may want to kill themselves but the next they will feel on top of the world. Usually a manic episode occurs during the severly depressed stage.