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DebbieDec2003
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Great find Tora!
Thanks Jahura, yes, I've seen those people listed. I've read the page(s) at Wikipedia many times about bipolar, depression etc. etc. What I meant when I said "more" people, was the ones that have done unexplained things, such as stealing etc., and then never 'came out'. Like for instance a name of a person springs to mind (I'll not say it) but a famous actor who's been in and out of jail so many times it ain't funny. And John Belushi. I mean it's a fact he committed suicide right? Or was killed. Well, why didn't his family use the opportunity to speak out WHY it happened? The Split Enz guy from Melbourne, Paul Hester, who killed himself. If he had bipolar, wouldn't it be doing all of us a service to say "seek help?" in a message from his family? Or Janis Joplin, for instance.
From Wikipedia article: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with bipolar disorder. This list includes only a) deceased persons and b) living persons who have been frank about their condition. It does not include speculation about status of living people who have not publicly stated themselves to have bipolar disorder. In addition to the criteria above, please only list people here if they also meet the Wikipedia notability criteria for biographical articles.
Many of the older cases are speculations based on their biographies rather than an actual medical diagnosis, and in many cases are not widely accepted by historians, biographers or physicians. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>