Famous People With Bipolar Disorder Past and Present
Writers have been, and continue to be, some of the great famous people with bipolar disorder. Mark Twain was one such writer. He, like many such writers, was highly functional in his writing. However, he could be depressed-seeming and pessimistic at times. He also had overblown business ideas which. Like many manics' ideas never were accomplished.
Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the modern classic Slaughterhouse-Five and many other books, and William Faulkner, who created an entire fictional place called Yoknapatawha County as a setting for his novels, were two other famous people with bipolar disorder
Some of the most well-known names in modern history have been thought to have had this disorder. These famous people with bipolar disorder include names such as: Winston Churchill, Abbie Hoffman, Edgar Allen Poe, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Isaac Newton. The world would not have been the same without these and the many other famous people with bipolar disorder.
Some famous people with bipolar disorder have written about the disorder. Most notably, Patty Duke wrote a lengthy book on the subject of her own illness. There have been other famous people with bipolar disorder who have written books about the subject. Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychologist well-known in her field wrote two books, including a memoir and a treatise on the connection between the illness and creativity. Besides these, there have been many other books written by famous people with bipolar disorder about their experiences.
Some famous people with bipolar disorder have been posthumously diagnosed to have had it. Many are current stars and may have actually received the diagnosis from their doctors. Some of these are actresses Linda Hamilton, Margot Kidder, Carrie Fisher, and Patty Duke. Others are musicians such as Kurt Cobain, Ozzy Osbourne, Axel Rose, and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.
In the past, famous people with bipolar disorder lived very difficult lives. They may not have even known that they had any kind of disorder at all. Many thought the way of mania and depression was just the way of the world.
Now, famous people with bipolar disorder are under an extraordinary amount of pressure to work through their cycles of mania and depression. The case of Kurt Cobain proved that bipolar disorder untreated is a disaster. On the other hand, many feel that the medications stunt their creativity. Therapy is seen by some as a vent by which the powerful force of their expression is lost.
This is a controversial topic, and many doctors feel that great strides have been made in medications that are not as debilitating to the creative person. Therapy, too, has changed in many quarters. One thing is certain. The prognosis is better these days than it ever has been for famous people with bipolar disorder.
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Comments
The articles here on bipolar disease can be helpful, but contain significant errors. For example,"hypomania" is NOT an extreme form of mania, but just the opposite. It is MUCH less severe. You really need to have a health professional go through the articles to correct errors before publishing them on the internet.
bipolar errors - By becca
27th April 2009 - 11:15pm
I just wanted to thank you so much for this article. You are right that the world would not have been the same without many of these people. As a parent of a bipolar child I always say that my daughter will be a successful adult... it is just our job to get her there! Thanks again!
Thanks - By Becca - Homepage
7th May 2010 - 12:41pm
I have bipolar and it has been a struggle, mainly because I did not accept my illness.I have written a book
called Walking on Eggshells.If you want to buy it just google
Walking on Eggshells by Erin Quinn. Erin Quinn is my pen name.
Teresa Roberts
About Bipolar - By Teresa Roberts - Homepage
called Walking on Eggshells.If you want to buy it just google
Walking on Eggshells by Erin Quinn. Erin Quinn is my pen name.
Teresa Roberts
23rd May 2010 - 9:18pm
it's a very interesting information and I believe it may be even helpful, cause someone may feel a bit releaved knowing that some famous people live with this disorder.
appreciation - By Mhunter - Homepage
14th July 2010 - 9:27am
I was diagnosed while in the Navy, I felt it ruined my life, I was in forever. Being in the Military was a Dream from the time I was born, I knew I wanted to be in since I remembered! I worked out 6 hrs. a day, suddenly my dream was gone. But, then another door opened to be a writer, an animator, a set director, I always had an artistic gift, I took hold and went for it. I am extremely talented, it is all God! I thank him everyday, for all he has given me. I have recently been through a depression so bad I am unable to work, they say it may be forever, but I have faith, God loves us all and I know it is all in his time! So no matter what I know God has a plan for me.
Never forget you are not living with a disease you are living with a talent use it.
God loves the Bi-Polar - By Natalie F. Lombardo
Never forget you are not living with a disease you are living with a talent use it.
23rd July 2010 - 3:19pm
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