Stephen Fry is an actor, poet, journalist, author, director, playwright - and much more besides. Since releasing the documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Fry has been candid about having bipolar disorder. He has appeared at functions to raise awareness about the condition and about men's mental health.

Author and mental health advocate Andy Behrman, who was interviewed by Fry for the documentary, writes about meeting Fry and talks about the big (6'4") genius's life with bipolar 2.

Stephen Fry - A Larger-Than-Life Bipolar Genius

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Three years ago, Eve was working two jobs, going to school, had broken up with her boyfriend, was barely eating or sleeping and then was walloped by the death of her best friend in an accident. Reality began to collapse. She was dying, she was rotting, she was disintegrating. Her brain was melting. Death was chasing her.

Eve had plummeted into Brief Reactive Psychosis - also called Brief Psychotic Disorder with Marked Stressors. Eventually found by friends, she was taken to the hospital and started on treatment.

I interviewed Eve about her history and stress factors, her experiences and the medical and psychiatric treatment she received. She responded with complete candor as to what went wrong, what the psychotic episode was like, how it felt to come back to reality, and what's happened since. It's compelling reading:

Crashing Into Psychosis
Returning From Psychosis

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For many of us, prescription drugs are a fact of life and with the day to day medication routine it is easy to get a little blasé forgetting that these little pills do have the potential to cause big problems. Thus, medication safety is an important topic. Here are ten tips for medication safety, from avoiding pharmacy errors to checking for possible drug interactions.

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The popular martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme says he believes he was manic-depressive in his teenage years. Fame came with the movie Bloodsport when he was 28, but just a few years later he was using cocaine and his life went on a downward spiral.

But when he became suicidal, he chose life. Read about this turning point and Van Damme's attitude toward his illness: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bipolar Disorder.

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