However, those familiar with bipolar disorder, like Selena Gomez, are working to change that.

“It was just that I was gone,” she toldRolling Stone.

“There was no part of me that was there anymore.”

Selena Gomez attending an event

Symptoms of bipolar disorder may also worsen during pregnancy, making continued treatment especially critical.

She may even be able to become pregnant while continuing to take her bipolar medications.

Selena Gomez posing on the red carpet

Selena Gomez and sister Gracie