Bipolar Disorder can affect a person’s life in 101 major and minor ways, everything from relationship break-ups to losing your job or under-performing at school or uni. In extreme cases it can lead to extreme financial hardship (if you max out your credit cards while high), drug or alcohol addiction (if you try to self-medicate) and – in the most extreme cases – end of life. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16861817.charity-urges-people-to-access-support-for-bipolar-disorder/