 [ Symptoms ] why is it that sometimes when i have to pee when i stand up it just pours out and i can not cut it off i have had two children and have always peed often ever since i was a child but the older i get the worse it gets somtime i do not make it at all [ Disease ] multiple sclerosis does not cause bipolar illness it is very uncommon to have bipolar illness and multiple sclerosis it is common to have depression with multiple sclerosis and often this is a reactive depression to the loss of function a change in socioeconomic status loss of friends who are intolerant of the ms or other familial circumstances it is also common for persons with ms or multiple sclerosis to have anxiety and panic attacks due to the unpredictable nature of the disease it is very difficult to plan anything with ms which makes work social and family life challenging for the person with ms as well as hisher friends family and co workers bipolar disease is not common in ms though it does occur infrequently there is no evidence that ms actually causes bipolar disease the bipolar disease may be undiagnosed and shows up when the person with ms gets comprehensive medical care there is research being done more and more to cure ms one temporary but helpful short term cure for ms is to hope hope is key in living with ms it is not unrealistic to be hopeful when a person has ms