From the article: Celebrities with Bipolar Disorder: A Few Words of Introduction
There are many famous people who have or had bipolar disorder. We have a long list of these famous people, and have done many biographical sketches of celebrities with bipolar disorder. Is there a celebrity or famous person with bipolar disorder you want to know more about? Let us know here. Tell Us Who and Why
ofciurse we can be successful!!!
- i would like to believe that anybody can do ANYTHING if they really put their mind to it. congrats to you jay!! i am 23 with bipolar and at university and i will be honest sometimes it is bloody hard. not just uni, but general life and motherly pressures and throwing in bipolar does make it difficult. especially as i think my type 2 diognosis may be wrong, along with my meds. but taking things one day at a time and keeping goals in mind gives me hope for future success. each good grade is a reminder for future battles when trying to do assignments, during depressive episodes. with regards to famous people suddenly having bipolar, i think maybe there should be further studies into that, the fame causing feelings of grandisoity SUDDENLY bipolar. i think maybe stress or ego is sending some of them crackers!or maybe the fact they have have such high graniosity is what makes them famous in the first place??
- —sianaron23
let me help
- hi i'm 26 kiwi male living in melbourne austrilia, i live with bipolar, i don't suffer from bipolar, when i was 17 and dianosed, mind my spelling, i suffered and it was living hell for the next 4 years, a lot of highs and extreme lows, a real life washing machine. i never wish anyone to feel how i did between those years. I tell this though, i'm lucky, i had family and friends by my side every step of the way, know one took a backwards step, those people i own so much too, the drugs helped, but the smiling happy faces and endless love they showed kept me going, i'm 26 now with a well paying job, lovely girlfriend and hope, if you can't dream, its had to live, if it wasn't for bipolar, i wouldn't be the great loving caring man i am today, those experience's in my youth have made me into the sucessful person i am today and those friends and family can only smile as i blossum. bipolar a word, just a word only a disorder if you let it be. if you learn to love yourself and let others,
- —Guest jay
Tell us who and why?
- What has happened to Margot Kidder? She was supposed to have written a book called calamaties to be published. I've been checking amazon.com for about a year, and apparently, it hasn't been published yet. I know she has helped her bipolar with supplements and being wholistic I've been curious to see what's helped her. Is she writing her book? What has she been up to, and where is she living? Will she be doing any more movies? Thanks Jan
- —Guest Jan Roman
keelinnkarlee
- I read and reread your claim that a person who has "true" bi-polar disorder cannot be successful. I'm not famous and I most certainly am bi-polar and support my children, my father and my ex-husband and am very successful. I have two teaching credentials, Teacher of the Year, am writing two books and just invented something that will be patented soon. I do not have a bunch of crutches to hold me up. I am the crutch that holds them up. Yes, it can be debilitating, but after 52 years of it, I pretty much know how to deal with myself and my bipolar disease. As for the people who have "had" bipolar disorder in the other response, you don't ever become suddenly cured of this disease. You're born with it and you die with it. It doesn't just come on you at 21 years of age. If you go back far enough - as far as you can remember - you might see yourself as a four year old with bi-polar disorder because you already had signs of the disease.
- —Guest Carolnoelsmith
keelinnkarlee
- Bipolar doesn't have to destroy every chance a person has of success. I have bp and I consider myself extremely successful. I got my bachelors with a very high GPA and landed a great job. I have an understanding boss and group of people around to support me, but they certainly don't "do everything for me." I am going back to get a PhD in chemistry and anticipate I will be very successful in that endeavor as well. Every day is a struggle with bp, but that doesn't mean you can't be successful. You are using your disorder as a cop-out. It makes life a bigger struggle, and some people can't beat it and must remain in a hospital, but many of us cope with our "crutches" and have great success in life. Robert Downey, Jr. is a great example. He's had struggles for sure, even gone to jail b/c he self-medicates with narcotics and has addiction problems. But still a successful actor.
- —Guest Ash
Famous Bi-Polar
- I sincerely believe thats it is impossible for a person with true bi-polar to be able to be successful unless you have a great many crutches and people doing just about everything for you. Bi-polar is dibilitating and it's not a realistic claim, except to say that their "famous" lifestyle has caused them to develop bi-polar and then still it will destroy their life, you won't just go on your merry bi-polar way and stay a functioning "famous" person without it seriously negatively affecting your life. I feel it is an unclear claim, and offensive to people that have really lost their lives to this, who had dreams and ambitions and could have been "famous" but it became impossible due to bi-polar.
- —keelinnkarlee
Celebrities
- Richard Dreyfuss; Robert Downey, Jr; and Tim Burton. As for the "had" bipolar disorder, I am pretty sure that refers to the fact that some of these famous people are now deceased.
- —Guest Erin
Joshua Logan
- His autobiography, "Josh," is really terrific. In it, he admits to having manic depression. He was a wonderful Broadway and Hollywood director in the 1950s and maybe '60s.
- —flowerbells
people who ave or had bipolar
- I thought once you have bipolar you always have bipolar. It doesn't go away.? Though you can manage the symptoms to lead a normal life. Correct?
- —Guest misc.
Abbie Hoffman
- 1960's political activst diagnost lat in life but showed problems early on. Family Members did an intrvention and he was given lithium. In the movie "Steal this movie" there was a very good description of the illness and the drug used. The movie gave an very good example of how the illness effects everyone around you. he also had a son that he worried about.
- —tlm7
Any Australian celebrities
- I'm Australian woman with Bipolar Disorder. I know heaps of Americans who have come out. But Aussies keep their BP more well guarded.
- —Guest karen Tyrrell
