Addictions and 'The Reward Pathway'

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bipolar I understand. Manic ups and depressed downs I know these things well, some family suffers this. They can be hell to live with. Most are very creative and produce massive amounts of work (not all of it any good) when up but the downs are very dangerous, overdoses of meds are potential, poor social choices often result in leagle woes, and divorce is common. Some of them do learn to cope eventually. It would have been nice to know about this when they were younger. Sugar does not help!