@bipolar_brave: Bipolar disorder involves chronic systemic inflammation. Studies show that during both manic and depressive phases, the body overproduces inflammatory markers. This continuous immune system activation links the condition deeply to physical health.

Hope Prater :

That makes sense

sjiekiewiekie :

I have an auto imuun desease and my doctor has trouble keeping the inflammatory down

Friendly Fingers :

That why Advil helps my mood?

jasiah🪷 :

ive always thought it was connected to my auto immune diseases

Laken :

Honestly I feel this is accurate. My HS severely flares up during hypomania and depressive episodes and my body hurts 😩

Ashley 🧿✨🫶🏽📚 :

Me with bipolar 2 and PCOS 😅

donotsellyourselfshort :

I’m pretty sure I’ve got POTS now

Kia :

Is this why my brain feels hot during an episode

DebG :

Amaiya! :

That explains why when I cut everything out and the mania died down, I had the worse body pains and kidney infection and everything else. & now it’s migraines but taking magnesium helped it and my meds. Damn so I’m genuinely sick

spencer :

wait wait what's the study? I would love to understand better

Lacy Mckernan Animal Art :

I have psorasis, PMOS and Bipolar affective disorder 😅

Dave Smith :

Is my bipolar causing my autoimmune disease, Giant Cell Arteritis?

CareBaer24 :

I know I’m fucked when I’m having an auto immune flare up (rheumatology is thinking PsA) because 4 weeks later I’m having a severe bipolar episode. Inflammation doesn’t just avoid our brains 😭

HouliGirl :

I have Crohns Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis in addition to being bipolar.

Marie XO 💋 :

Interesting I have horrible inflammation

danamichellejesse :

No wonder I always hurt

SimplyAshley :

Crazy, my sister said she notices when I’m in a type of episode my face is more puffy

runningmomma :

I have asthma too. How do i fix this

Rodri :

I only get inflammation on depressive episodes, not hypomanic ones, unfortunately one in 20 are not depressive ones xP

gabbiehannahschild :

PorthosTheMusketeerSpringer :

love that for me

gracielu :

Could that be why Ive felt so sick/warm the past few days while going through it??

Elaina Bradford :

so what can we do?

SunnyElizabeth74 :

I have some major physical health problems. Anti immune diseases with inflammation and arthritis and nerve damage.