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I have 500 blessings that I want to give away to the person that posts in here, Bipolar Disorder Forum, That can name 10 famous people thru history that have had Bipolar Disorder.

I'll give you the first one I know of:
Vincent Van Gogh.

This means you have to come up with 9 more people.

I am sure you will be surprised who is in this list.
 
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fireaboss said:
I cheated and found a website that is FULL of famous people with all types of mental illnesses. The one that surprised me the most was Handel of Messiah fame! How could someone with this disorder and NO MEDS write such an amazing work of art?
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Very true, How is a good question.
I actually have 2 lists of people, Those from the past, and those from present day. However you find these names, Is fine.
This was a way to get you folks to look around and realize that we are at such an advantage to have meds for this.
 
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People believed to have suffered with bipolar disorder, cyclothymia and major depression:

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Writers
HansChristian Andersen
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Graham Greene

Ernest Hemingway

William James

John Bunyan

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Charles Dickens

Leo Tolstoy

Virginia Woolf

Artists
Paul Gauguin
Hugo van der Goes

Vincent van Gogh

George Innes

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner)

Edwin Landseer

Edward Lear

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Sir David Wilkie

Anders Zorn


Poets
William Blake

Robert Burns

Emily Dickinson

T.S. Eliot

Victor Hugo

John Keats

Edgar Allan Poe

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Alfred, Lord tennyson

Dylan Thomas


Musicians
Anton Bruckner

Edward Elgar

George Frederic Handel

Giocchino Rossini

Robert Schumann

Peter Tchaikovsky

Irving Berlin

Noel Coward

Cole Porter

Kurt Cobain, musician (Nirvana)
 
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OK, Since we had such a active group here looking for things. I decided to bless everyone. I gave out blessings to all the folks here that participated in this. Thank you for taking the time to look up other folks thru history and present time that have this disorder. I think it's a good thing that we have the meds we have today to try to keep this monster at bay. I was diagnosed 11 years ago myself, I hope that each and everyone of you have a Joyous and Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.
 
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fireaboss said:
Thank you! This was a great thread. Those people all accomplished so much in spite of their bi-polar -- I beat myself up every day because I don't seem to be able to accomplish anything. LOL
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There is no need for that, We do accomplish something if we make it thru the day. I am on Social Security disability now, 5 major back surgeries, I have been off work for 2 years now. I can understand the feelings of inadequecy and feeling useless. DO NOT let these feelings get the best of you. Overcome it and keep on plugging. Any problems or anything, Feel free to PM me anytime.
 
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