57). The treatment is also antidepressant medication and psychotherapy. According to the National Institute of Mental Health "approximately 10.9 million Americans ages 18 and older are affected by Dysthymia" (http://www.webmd.com/).
             A more serious form of depression is bipolar or manic depressive disorder. Bipolar, meaning two poles, is made up of two elements, the manic or high stage and the depression stage. The symptoms of the depression stage are those of major depression; but the curveball comes with the manic stage. The symptoms of the manic stage of bipolar
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