Andrew Huberman· PhD
So someone with BP-II might have four days of this increased energy, goal-directed activity, they're irritable, they're euphoric, they're not sleeping, et cetera, but it's only lasting for about four days.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So someone with BP-II might have four days of this increased energy, goal-directed activity, they're irritable, they're euphoric, they're not sleeping, et cetera, but it's only lasting for about four days.
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The other aspect of bipolar 2 is one that I had mentioned briefly a moment ago, which is that it's often associated with the drops into the depressive episode.