Celebrities and bipolar disorder

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:06 Written by putra Tuesday, 10 August 2010 03:06

Besides triggering extreme actions like suicide, bipolar disorder is also often associated with creativity. Quite reasonable given the many artists and celebrities world also experienced such interference.

Bipolar disorder or manic depression is also called mood disorder characterized by extreme mood swings. Sufferers can feel tremendous sadness, and in another occasion turned into euphoria or a sense of overwhelming happiness.

In the manic phase, or joy, optimism and confidence increases and tends to be unrealistic. In contrast to the phase of depression sufferers feel nervous and excited. Certain severity is characterized by drug addiction and a desire to commit suicide.

Excerpted from Health, bipolar disorder experienced by 2.5 percent of adults in the U.S.. Some famous celebrities also experienced it, and here are nine of them.

Britney Spears
Allegations that the pop star is sticking with bipolar disorder when her picture with a shaved head circulating on the Internet. “Erratic behavior showed Spears has bipolar disorder,” said psychologist Robert Butterworth, in an interview with U.S. Weekly. Meanwhile, People magazine cover story in January 2008 edition also mentions some other behaviors that reinforce these allegations. Among these are hypersex, the ability to make bad decisions and tend to impulsively.

Kurt Cobain
Grunge musicians whose names are rocketed along with the band Nirvana was to end his life tragically at the age of 27 years. Previously, Cobain noted repeatedly attempt suicide. In 2002, Time magazine included her name as one of the Geniuses Manic his contributions in the arts. For the record, one of the title hits Nirvana, Lithium is a drug used to control the mood in bipolar disorder sufferer.

Marilyn Monroe
The alleged suicide of the beautiful stars of this era of the 1960s is still controversial, and likely will remain that way. But in a documentary titled Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001), Dr. Hyman Engelberg, MD who was personal physician of the star give testimony. “He had a manic depressive. He has emotional problems, his mood changing very dramatically,” he said.

Sinead O’Connor
Another pop star who shave her head is Sinead O’Connor. When appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007, he openly admitted was diagnosed with bipolar since the age of 37 years. Previously, he had tried to commit suicide right in the birthday-33. Until now, musicians born December 8, 1966 it must consume anti-depressants and mood control.

Vincent van Gogh
In the 19th century when van Gogh was still alive, the term bipolar disorder is not yet known. But this legendary painter known to have mental disorders including mood fluctuations extraordinary. An art critic who published the Washington Post in 1998 said that, “When his mood is up, he paints with confidence and energy that describe the burst of anger. When his mood is down, her paintings depict a lot of doubt and fear.”

Carrie Fisher
Actor actress known as Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy is also experienced many upheavals in his life. For years past the manic and depressed phases repeatedly, she finally was diagnosed with bipolar at age 28 years and since it must consume Lithium, one of the controlling mood. But not that easy, at times he still felt unstable. “Among other things when I shave off my hair, making the tattoo and suddenly wanted to move to the Jewish religion,” he said.

Emily Dickinson
Poet who lived in this 19th century famous for his works that tend sad and gloomy. Though actually difficult to ensure that Dickinson suffered from bipolar disorder, a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 2001 to strengthen these allegations. Notes mentioning Dickinson’s personal physician experienced weakening nerves, which according to the researchers characterized by depression and anxiety.

Virginia Woolf
British novelist that debuted in the early 20th century also produced many works that tend to dim. Until finally in 1941 he committed suicide by tying a stone ballast before plunging into a river. Psychologist Katherine Dalsimer in 2004 called Woolf experienced extreme changes between manic and depressed phases, which at present is known as a stage of psychosis.

Linda Hamilton
In an interview in 2004, this Terminator movie star claims to have lived with bipolar disorder for more than 20 years. The actress is now aged 54 years and received a bipolar diagnosis after 10 years of living with mood fluctuations that tormented him. The decision to publicly reveal her mental condition he was taken after receiving treatment to control her mood.

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