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famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

Jenn4Senior Contributor25 Apr 2019, 4:30 am AEST

famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

I find this list really encouraging 🙂

Alexander Hamilton

Kanye West

Winston Churchill

Lily Allen

Ada Lovelace

Graham Greene

Nina Simone

Isaac Newton

Mariah Carey

Demi Lovato

Jimmy Hnedrix

Russell Brand

Mel Gibson

Carrie Fisher

Van Gogh

Virginia Woolf

Florence Nightingale

Earnest Hemmingway

Buzz Aldrin

Sting

Catherine Zeta-Jones

https://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/ss/slideshow-celebrities-bipolar-disorder

https://www.everydayhealth.com/bipolar-disorder-pictures/famous-people-with-bipolar-disorder.aspx#vincent-van-gogh-was-fueled-by-mood-swings

After therapy and treatment, Lovato says she's in a good place. "Now I live well with bipolar disorder," Lovato says. "Happiness is a choice. Life is a roller coaster. You can make the highs as amazing as possible, and you can control how low the lows go."

https://www.inspiremalibu.com/blog/dual-diagnosis/10-people-you-might-be-surprised-had-bipolar-disorder/

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In response to: famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

BunniekinsSenior Contributor25 Apr 2019, 11:45 am AEST

Re: famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

@Jenn4 Hi Jenn4 I am pretty sure Linda Hamilton (one of my fav actors) from Terminator franchise has Bipolar too.

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Jenn4Senior Contributor25 Apr 2019, 2:25 pm AEST

Re: famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

@Bunniekins nice! a lot of creative folk do 🙂

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QueenieSenior Contributor26 Apr 2019, 12:21 am AEST

Re: famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

I've read all Carrie Fisher's books. How she managed her bipolar was whitty but also brave.

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Jenn4Senior Contributor28 Apr 2019, 5:40 pm AEST

Re: famous and successful folk who had or have bipolar

@Queenie yeah nice, might check them out. 🙂

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