Early intervention can prevent episodes of depression or hypomania or mania.
This is not always the case but most of the people that we work with find that it is helpful to go through a process of systematically identifying possible early warning signs of an episode and working with a friend or partner to come up with a plan for dealing with early symptoms.
This process is outlined in a new page that we added to the website on this topic:
For More Information
Mania Warning Signs in the Eyes – Gina
Predicting Depression Recurrence