Hi, guys, welcome to a preview alliance podcast. I am with you. And guys, we're in the month of March.

And I'm going to tell you what month of March is. And you're going to be like, I never knew that.

Maybe you shouldn't have known that. Now I know it. It's bipolar awareness. And I brought back our favorite reproducts our characters, Dr. Claire Smith, to tell us more about it. Welcome, Claire. What an exciting topic. People are probably like, oh, yes, turning in. But it's really educational and something we all need to know. Yes, agreed. You know, some of your other episodes, I feel like, are just more intriguing.

But this one's more of awareness and education because, you know, we'll jump to it.

Postpartum depression and anxiety.

Most people can say, okay, I know that.

I've experienced that.

But what we see is now out in the news or you may come across a provider that speaks, you know,

before they really get all the facts and they throw out bipolar.

And people are going, okay, how is that different?

Why does it matter?

Like, and we're talking like pre-pregnancy, then pregnancy and

postpartum. So just kind of give us this insight of more awareness of it. Okay. Generally

speaking, kind of like you're saying, there's a lot of misconceptions about bipolar disorder

and not just amongst patients, you know, regular people.

A lot of non-psychiatrists don't understand bipolar disorder.

And it's used almost like a slang term, sort of like how people call themselves OCD.

And it's, there are two types, bipolar one and bipolar two.

The biggest thing to know is that bipolar disorder is not mood swings.

It's not your mood changing over the course of a few minutes or a few hours.

It's a sustained, marked change from your baseline.

And there are lots of criteria that need to be met. I mean,

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