Famous BPs
adr...@my-dejanews.com
Just curious...
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Ralph
Lincoln, Johnathan Winters,
Mozart, thats the one's I remember off the top of my head. Ralph
<adr...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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guesses? It's flattering to think that all of these people were
similarly afflicted, but I wonder....
AD
In article <373F84BA...@home.com>,
HAL107
Patty Duke
<adr...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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fullmoon
>Does anyone know of any famous BPs? Besides Ted Turner and Nietzsche?
>Just curious...
I'm thinking Shakespeare, with all his "to be or not to be", "to
sleep, perchance to dream", I'm thinkin he had a hard time of it,
although I have no proof.
farewell,
e
>
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who is on her way to the post office
Roger Lass
adr...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7hnrbm$i03$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Does anyone know of any famous BPs? Besides Ted Turner and Nietzsche?
>Just curious...
Minor list: Mozart, Byron, Keats, perhaps Beethoven, certainly Schumann,
Hugo Wolf, van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Abraham Lincoln, Winston
Churchill. Enough for a start?
Roger
adr...@my-dejanews.com
How do we know they were actually bipolar... I always hear about these
great people being bipolar but wonder if that is just wishful
thinking...
AD
In article <7hodm8$1te2$1...@nnrp01.ops.uunet.co.za>,
Elizabeth Rousseau
> Does anyone know of any famous BPs? Besides Ted Turner and Nietzsche?
> Just curious...
i am reading "Touched By Fire" which is about BiPolar Illness and the Manic
Depressive temperament.. there are scores of people in there that i might
take the time to post all.. there are SOOOOOOOOOO many of them out there...
when they said "There is a fine line between genius and insanity" i think
they really weren't kidding :)
- liz
Rick
Brad Pitt
Bill Pulman
Bill Paxon
Butch Patric
Gandalf
document their sources never list his name.
Does anyone have facts about this, not just bipolar rumor? Is Robin Williams
truly bipolar, or just a bipolar look-alike?
-Gandalf
Daric Priest <pri...@tstonramp.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 May 1999 01:28:23 GMT, adr...@my-dejanews.com
> wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know of any famous BPs? Besides Ted Turner and Nietzsche?
> >Just curious...
>
> Robin Williams comes to mind.
>
> dp
Dukette89
Oooh, don't tease me! I just knew we were compatible. Does Jen know?
.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯ )>¥<( ¯`·.,¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.-->¥<--.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯ )>¥<(
Mary in Pittsburgh
Rick
Tim Gatty
> Just curious...
>
>
> ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
SPIKE MILLIGAN
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gil...@home.com
I'm not sure if they are guesses or not, now that you point it out.
Bill
adr...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot! But are most of these names, particularly the old ones,
> guesses? It's flattering to think that all of these people were
> similarly afflicted, but I wonder....
>
> AD
>
> In article <373F84BA...@home.com>,
> gil...@home.com wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > You can find oodles of them at:
> >
> > http://www.pendulum.org/pwbpd/famous.htm
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > adr...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > >
gil...@home.com
Bill
pie wrote:
>
> add those to your list of Famous
>
> Lynda
> Keith Hardwick
> Songbird
> Gandalf
> Jackie aka SmallPhoenix
> Aurora (Dancing Cat)
> Bright Eyes
> Judi
> Caddy
> Charles L. Perrin
> Cindy
> CJ aka Cofee Junke
> Christine aka Lamux
> Debbie Evans
> Elaine Austin
> Elizabeth Rousseau
> Ephraim Lessell
> James D. Milton
> Bill aka gilead
> Hal107
> Greg aka GSL 106
> Moe~ aka HrtsDneTme
> HStove 7077 aka Catlover
> Hummingbird
> Jim Welsh
> John S Kelley
> Jim Hayes
> Julez
> KetchNRy
> Lacy1071
> LadyBlue
> Laurie Ann
> Monica
> Monique MacDonald
> Neil D. Healy
> Nicole K.
> NjcommRE
> onyxx
> Oldpug
> Oranjkaat
> Evenstar aka Pat Hebert aka EvenjenPat
> Piglet
> Pooh!
> Proditio
> Ralph
> Rick
> Robert
> Sdimiterch
> Serene71
> Shadow
> Skippy
> Snowtree
> Steve Dainty
> Stickysnap
> Stuck In The 60s
> Supernoodle
> Tristana aka Tristanabanana
> Theresa aka Treachaa
> Tim Gatty
> Woodrose
> Zardos
>
> and there were the names in my ASDM folder today, but yesterday there were
> others and tomorrow there will be more and more to come.
>
> Flame each other as you wish, but you remain on the same list, my list for my
> planet.
>
> p.s. by the way Nietzsche was never diagnosed, and presumption of bp on him is
> really speculation.
>
> adr...@my-dejanews.com a écrit :
caroly~vonne
>Does anyone have facts about this, not
>just bipolar rumor? Is Robin Williams >truly
>bipolar, or just a bipolar look-alike?
>-Gandalf
Don't know for sure but I know for a fact that he lends his name and
support to Tourette Syndrome (got pix to prove it) which is another
spectrum disorder with overlapping symptoms. If he doesn't have one or
the other, he certainly does a good imitation!
caroly~vonne
============
Was it for this I uttered prayers,
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?
E.S.V.M.
Supernoodle
Icyfyr
~Sabrina
Gandalf
Icyfyr <icy...@aol.comnooospam> wrote in message
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> Was Kurt Cobain bipolar?
>
> ~Sabrina
Gandalf
I see that it is time to head on into the Boulder Army Store (all my
almost-PhD budget will allow) and buy some large reflective sunglasses to wear
at night, a low slouch hat (what do you think, a sorcerous fedora?), and
maybe a sweeping black cape (would fit with the wizardly persona, no?), so
that I might keep my now-confirmedly famous bipolar personage hidden whilst I
walk amongst the throngs of bipolar groupies.
I was actually born in Aspen (before the rich showed up, but that is a minor
point), so I have seen my share of the filthy rich and famous. From this
experience I think that I have mastered the delicately snarled upper lip, the
stiff yet insolent walk, and most of all the gag-me-with-a-shovel attitude.
At last I get my birth right. I knew all that Aspen training was for a
grander purpose than mere humility making (naw, could it? naw).
<hee hee>
<grin>
<not-so-wizardly CACKLE>
I thought based on recent posts that we were trying to get them to come TO us
instead of needing to drive the hordes away, but with my poor multitasking
abilities maybe I got it backwards.
-Gandalf
P.S. I arrogantly assert that we should put pie's name squarely at the top of
the list. Snarl. Giggle. Guffaw.
pie <pi...@globetrotter.qc.ca> wrote in message
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> add those to your list of Famous
>
> <snip snip>
Gandalf
I am waiting to hear from someone who knows about this stuff. Those lists
that I have checked which document their sources do NOT show Robin Williams as
bipolar (Kay Jamison, Joy Ikelman at
http://www.frii.com/~parrot/living.html#bipolars).
Robin's mentor, Jonathan Winters, is definitely out of the bipolar closet. I
have heard that there is a spectacularly funny stand-up sketch in which
Winters talks about being bipolar, hospitalizations etc. Anyone here know
about this?
-Gandalf
caroly~vonne <cy...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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molly
and that guy from Suddenly Susan who just committed suicide
also Dianne Steele's son -- he committed suicide
JackMajick
Abraham Lincoln, Van Gogh,Virginia Woolf, and Linda Sexton. There are soooo
many others, namely artists or writers.
Lisa
Lynda
Hi Mary,
> My doctor said Williams definitely is bipolar. He said he could tell just by
> watching him but I think he was just trying to make me feel better about my
> diagnosis.
> Mary in Pittsburgh
If Robin W. is NOT BP...than he sure puts up a damn good front. He is
aamzing. I saw him on a TV special where he was entertaining kids...they
and I couldn't stop laughing but I was SO exhausted watching him change
characters in a nanosecond that I felt like I had been on speed!!!!
<VBG>
Peace,
--
Lynda (Lyn...@bigfoot.com)
EarthFitz
pie
Lynda
adr...@my-dejanews.com a écrit :
> Does anyone know of any famous BPs? Besides Ted Turner and Nietzsche?
Keith Hardwick
(Daric Priest) wrote:
>On Mon, 17 May 1999 10:13:41 -0600, "Gandalf"
><summe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I was told that he denies this, and those "bipolar famous folks" list which
>>document their sources never list his name.
>>
>>Does anyone have facts about this, not just bipolar rumor? Is Robin Williams
>>truly bipolar, or just a bipolar look-alike?
>>
>>-Gandalf
>>
>>Daric Priest <pri...@tstonramp.com> wrote in message
>>news:373f84c5...@news.tstonramp.com...
>>> On Mon, 17 May 1999 01:28:23 GMT, adr...@my-dejanews.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Does anyone know of any famous BPs? Besides Ted Turner and Nietzsche?
>>> >Just curious...
>>>
>>> Robin Williams comes to mind.
>>>
>>> dp
>
>I could be wrong. Got this info from a young social worker I
>was seeing for a therapist a couple of years ago. She stated
>it something like *he's admitted it now.* Again, that was 2
>years ago, and maybe there is a good reason Williams is
>omitted from the famous bps list.
>
>So I withdraw that one and replace it with Margot Kidder.
>
>dp
Here is a long list of bipolars. I have no idea how valid
the list is, but it is interesting.
http://www.adhdrelief.com/Bipolar.html
WE NEED EQUAL TREATMENT
WE NEED TO PASS SB5425
by Cynthia Hammer
President, National Alliance for the Mental
Ill-of Pierce County. Web site (www.nami.org) (Tel:
1-800-950-NAMI)
President of ADDult Support of Washington for
Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (www.addult.org) Tel.
253-759-5085
I have a mental illness. Why do I find it so hard to tell
you this? Why are my throat constricted, my palms sweaty,
and my fingers
trembling as I write this? I don’t have trouble telling you
my eyes are not perfect and that I need to wear contact
lenses. I don’t have
difficulty telling you I have arthritis in my left knee that
sometimes limits my physical activities. Why should I mind
telling you that I
have something wrong with my brain and how well it works?
It is because of the shame and stigma associated with mental
illness.
Why should this be so? Mental illness is common, very
common. One out of ten people will have a mental illness
during their
lifetime. Most people think mental illness means someone
hallucinates and is not in touch with reality, but mental
illness is much
broader than that. It includes a range of illnesses from
attention deficit disorder to severe depression and anxiety
disorders. Many
people with mental illnesses are highly successful and make
significant contributions to society. Here are the names of
a few: Mike
Douglas, Walter Cronkite, Ted Turner and Robin Williams.
http://www.addult.org/article.htm
This next link is <the> quick reference for famous bipolars.
http://stripe.colorado.edu/~judy/depression/faq/famouspeople.html
Laurie Ann
thanks!
Laurie
jmc
Laurie Ann wrote in message
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i always wanted to be famous!
thanks!
Laurie
And I've always wondered.............If (since) I'm so Bipolar, why aren't I
famous.
julie (the infamous?)
Pat Hebert
ive wanted to be famous at times---:-)
~~Evenstar
HrtsDneTme
the WONDER drug. It didn't work for me. It gave me severe headaches and nasuea.
It was a real hit home book tho'.
I also liked "an Unquiet mind".
Moe~
Ralph
> So I withdraw that one and replace it with Margot Kidder.
I do not doubt that Margot is Bi-Polar, but I believe that she has a lot
more going on than that. Ralph
Caddy0477
thank you for that. Yes I know I am very famous. ;) That was cool Pie.
See you in Cafe or at Caddy's. Take Care, Caddy
HrtsDneTme
I don't feel so famous, but posting here helps.
I guess we are all famous here...
{{{{HUGS}}}} to all!
Moe~
Dukette89
Dcannon1
not enough evidence to say an individual is bipolar one way or the other,
particularly after his/her death. I think it is simply wishful thinking by a
few who are trying to help. I also think it's a disservice to the bipolar
community to wave this "we're in good company" flag. I think Kay Jamison's
books "The Unquiet Mind" and "Touched with Fire" have romanticized this serious
illness. My experience is that bipolars mirror a normal distribution of
society --- a few geniuses, a number of over achievers, and whole lot of
average people, some that haven't been blessed with brains or reasoning
faculties, and 1 or 2 chain-saw murders.
It is also entirely possible that many non-bipolar individuals exhibit
emotions, creativity, and general craziness. How on earth could a Doctor watch
Robin Williams on TV and diagnoses him with a bipolar illness -- that's total
incompetence. BTW, Ted Turner got a second opinion and the MD concluded he was
not bipolar (a good article about his life in a recent Reader's Digest
article). Nietzsche suffered from syphilis, which certainly contributed to his
later insanity. It's an unrealistic stretch to pin this insanity to bipolar
illness.
I'm sorry for the ranting and raving, but I constantly fight this illness. I
don't suffer from the extremes of mania and depression, but I do struggle with
dythemia and depression. I think am normal --- my psychriatrist thinks I'm
bipolar. When I was initially diagnosed with a bipolar illness, I thought I
was in the company of great thinkers, artists and so many that left a mark on
the world. I always wanted to be one them. Now I was. Unfortunately, it
wasn't that simple. My life turned upside down and I've never recovered. I
thought it would be easier to blame a chemical imbalance for my live's ills ---
it's not. I am slowly learning to once again take responsibility for my life
and not blame a illness.
A lonely Yahoo, who only wanted to be a Houyhnhnm
Caddy0477
ln...@webtv.net
all, even as a runner-up?!?
left out lny
jmc
Keith Hardwick wrote in message <3746486d...@news.mindspring.com>...
>On 19 May 1999 22:44:37 GMT, dcan...@aol.com (Dcannon1)
>wrote:
>
>> Nietzsche suffered from syphilis, which certainly contributed to his
>>later insanity
>
>never been intimate with a women.
>
>Keith
>
And you can't get syph. from men? I missed that class. But
actually, I had to miss the whole "porno" week at my fine school "George
Washington Univ. School of Med. and Allied Health Sci.". I had to miss it
(oh, god, I was sorry) because I rarely went to morning class. Just got the
notes (the med school had a 'note taking service') and showed up for clinic
and tests. So this week, am and pm, was supposed to teach us (300 students
plus every freakin alum for miles around) to be tolerant and knowledgeable
re: sexual practices unfamiliar to our flavored upbringing. There was a
large lecture theater with several floor to ceiling screens, showing
different x rated type films. Supposed to overwhelm ...........I guess (I
wanted drinks and appetizers for that kind of money).
Anyway, since I had the rep of not showing for class (back when I had a
memory and a brain), I was totally paranoid that if I walked in for (excuse
me) "Fuck O Rama" week; sirens and lights would go off and the loud
announcement./proclamation would be along the lines of
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''And now, making her first
appearance............................."
Yikes! julie (feeling studious)
But, was paranoid and egomaniacal enough to imagine
Dcannon1
judgmental conclusion?
Keith Hardwick
Transient Elise
he...mwahahahahahahaaha.
--
" Pardon me, great man of the wild kingdom of the Disco...would you so
kindly stop nipping at the hem of my outfit..my companion Seth here finds
it most rude."
*note..seth is like 6'4 and built like a goalie for a national hockey team
who is infamous for being outsed at games because they kill over 15 players
a year.*
Keith Hardwick
<jmc-al...@erols.com> wrote:
>
>And you can't get syph. from men? I missed that class. But
I was so busy thinking about my man having some sort of
interest in women that I thought everyone else would know
the same thing. But you do make a good point.
>[But our Nietzsche! --- that it certainly a very muddled
> chapter... it's remarkable how in that single man two souls live
> side by side. On the one hand the most rigorous methodology of
> schooled, scientific research... on the other this
> phantastic-exaggerated, overly clever, reaching into the
> incomprehensible, Wagnerian-Schopenhauerian
> art-mysticism-enthusiasm!]
This doesn't prove anything, of course. Nietzsche could have
had a hidden sexual encounter. He did propose to a woman as
a young professor, and he had a long term friendship with
the wife of his friend. here's the link:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~fnchron/1873.html
Keith
Keith Hardwick
<c1...@flash.net> wrote:
>:o) Hey Keith. :O) guess who's back? :o) yep. it's Melanie. hee
>he...mwahahahahahahaaha.
An offering shall be made to the goddess of happiness and
health on your behalf. Now, if I can just find that url...
6'4", huh? Well, you'll never have to reach for things on
the top shelf!
Love and peace, a piece of love,
Keith
pie
> hey pie, of course Lynda would be first, and i am not on the list at
> all, even as a runner-up?!?
> left out lny
oh lny
it's an omission i wont pardon myself... but when i post the thing, i used names
of those in my asdm folder !
of course u are quite a famous BP !
{{{{{{{lny}}}}}}}
hope u do well
and then better again
pie
pie
Keith Hardwick wrote :
of course he was intimate with a woman, when he was 20 or so, and he the badluck
to get syphilis... i read the report of his autopsy... well i wont provide
details on this here, but if u look for it u'll find it, it has been published
years ago, in german, then, in the early '80, in french translation.
and btw keith, being a fan of Nietzsche is quite a paradox : Nietzsche was a fan
of Nietzsche, so u should ans i suspect u are a fan of keith... this stated with
"all due respects"...!
keep on,
pie
jmc
pie wrote in message <374447FD...@globetrotter.qc.ca>...
<snippage>
>
>of course he was intimate with a woman, when he was 20 or so, and he the
badluck
>to get syphilis... i read the report of his autopsy... well i wont provide
>details on this here, but if u look for it u'll find it, it has been
published
>years ago, in german, then, in the early '80, in french translation.
>
>and btw keith, being a fan of Nietzsche is quite a paradox : Nietzsche was
a fan
>of Nietzsche, so u should ans i suspect u are a fan of keith... this stated
with
>"all due respects"...!
Cool, pie. Love forensics. Re: self-love Got to first, before
anyone else can. regards, julie This is probably way too
short-hand. I cut to the chase long before most folks find it reasonable.
I really liked the info.
>
Keith Hardwick
<pi...@globetrotter.qc.ca> wrote:
>
>Keith Hardwick wrote :
>
>> On 19 May 1999 22:44:37 GMT, dcan...@aol.com (Dcannon1)
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Nietzsche suffered from syphilis, which certainly contributed to his
>> >later insanity
>>
>> Do you have a link for this? I'm a fan, and I thought he had
>> never been intimate with a women.
>>
>> Keith
>
>of course he was intimate with a woman, when he was 20 or so, and he the badluck
>to get syphilis... i read the report of his autopsy... well i wont provide
>details on this here, but if u look for it u'll find it, it has been published
>years ago, in german, then, in the early '80, in french translation.
>
>and btw keith, being a fan of Nietzsche is quite a paradox : Nietzsche was a fan
>of Nietzsche, so u should ans i suspect u are a fan of keith... this stated with
>"all due respects"...!
Yes, of course it is a paradox. Thank you for catching it.
Well, I stand corrected on the syphilis thing.
Keith
>
>keep on,
>
>pie
>
>
jmc
Daric Priest wrote in message <3746a1f2...@news.tstonramp.com>...
>On Thu, 20 May 1999 03:11:04 GMT,
<snippage>
>
>You can get this from sheep too --
>
>or so I've heard.
>
>dp
And I waved, going by that morning.................................you,
stuck up, julie
Keith Hardwick
(Daric Priest) wrote:
>> Nietzsche suffered from syphilis, which certainly contributed to his
>>later insanity
>You can get this from sheep too --
>
>or so I've heard.
Play safe, and never share your sheep.
Keith
Alan
Would like to speak further
Alan
ab...@arctic.ca