Hi, just a really quick one. We're really growing our podcast and I want you to help me.

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Anyway, back to the podcast. Bipolar is far more common than many of us think and it affects around 1% of people.

But it can take nine years for diagnosis. So today in my studio, I've had Rosie

Viva, who is an author, she's a model, and she's a great advocate for bipolar. She has it herself,

and her journey has not been easy. We have a very open and candid conversation about what it's

like to have bipolar, how her diagnosis was made and what we can do to look out for it in other people.

So Rosie, welcome to the studio.

Welcome to me.

Thank you so much.

It's just really nice you being here.

And, you know, I was saying to just before we started that I'm not just about

menopause. So sometimes people say, why are she talking to younger people? And, you know, I'm really

interested in the whole body and every organ in our bodies, because I'm a general physician. But without

a shadow of doubt, the brain is the most important organ in our bodies.

And we sometimes have control over it, but sometimes we don't.

And I'm just really keen to hear, like obviously I know your story, but lots of listeners won't know why you're here as a woman in your 20s talking about mental health.

So do you mind talking a bit about what's happened?

Yes.

So I'm Rosie.

I'm 29.

So it's nice to still be called in my 20s because I feel very sort of on the brink and ready

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