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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (10829)	12/10/2010 12:14:26 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

A friend has bipolar. It is no picnic. Fortunately she responds to lithium and has enough sense of humor to describe her condition as a mineral deficiency. When she had her first mania, it consumed her and almost killed her. I don't see the condition as preferable. When the mania got bad enough, her principal emotion was panic fear. No picnic at all.

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (10829)	12/10/2010 1:36:18 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

A lot of famous and great people were so. I don't know if it is a requirement or not! I can't remember if it was Mark or his dad Kurt (Vonnegut) who wrote an account of Mark's problems. It was quite a while ago since I read it. Poe was also subject to the fits of melancholy and manicholy, but as with so many people with such problems there was a raging attraction to binge drinking which somewhat obscures the historical record. Indeed, Poe's death is as mysterious as were the wonderful stories he wrote.... Brave of you to divulge that, by the way. You're liable to get labeled as a "glib lib". Be careful! ;-)