Symptoms Of Bipolar Disorder - A Mixed Bag When I studied bipolar disorder in medical school, I thought it was very simple. You got high, you got low, you got better, then you started again.Then I started to have painful psychological symptoms, so I looked up the books, but no disorder seemed to fit my experience very well.The official version of the symptoms of bipolar disorder are contained in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual...... Similar Editorial : Bipolar Disorder by mattyos. | Source : Bipolar Disorder Definition