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Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 23 Oct 2023 · owen-0737
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“Bipolar disorder is a circadian rhythm disorder even more than a mood disorder. ... Bipolar Disorder: It’s a Circadian Rhythm Thing, Maybe.”
Essay arguing that bipolar disorder is fundamentally a circadian rhythm disorder driven by 460nm light input to the suprachiasmatic nucleus; the title and closing line hedge with 'Maybe', and the intro frames it as 'whatever bipolar disorder turns out to be'.
Descriptive, retrospective, or a statement of preference; no future state asserted.