An individual in the manic phase of bipolar disorder sometimes may have hallucinations or delusions, and therefore the disorder may be misdiagnosed as:

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Symptoms of hallucinations and delusions are also present in schizophrenia, which can make it difficult to differentiate between bipolar disorder in the manic phase and schizophrenia. Paranoid personality disorder and dissociative identity disorder do not typically present with these symptoms, and dissociative fugue refers specifically to a dissociative disorder related to memory loss and traveling away from home.

An Individual in the Manic Phase of Bipolar Disorder Sometimes