Bipolar Disorder and Famous Sufferers

Bipolar disorder (aka manic depression) causes serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking, and behavior–from the highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the other. More than just a fleeting good or bad mood, the cycles of bipolar disorder last for days, weeks, or months. And unlike ordinary mood swings, the mood changes of bipolar disorder are so intense that they interfere with your ability to function.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm



Marilyn Monroe

Florence Nightingale


Vivien Leigh


Carrie Fisher
Sylvia Plath
Theodore Roosevelt
Stephen Fry


Russel Brand
David Walliams


Demi Lovato


Catherine Zeta-Jones
Jim Carey
Robin Williams


Robert Downey Jr
Mel Gibson
Tim Burton


Ben Stiller
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Ozzy Ozborn
Jimi Hendrix


Kurt Cobain
Ludwig Von Beethoven


Winston Churchill
Ernest Hemingway
Edgar Allan Poe


Vincent van Gogh...
...to name a few. 

Statistics: 

- In Australia there are around 238,957 people with bipolar disorder.
- In the United Kingdom it is approximately 723,248 people.
- In Germany, around 989,095 people have bipolar disorder.
- In Canada, bipolar disorder affects around 390,094 people.
- In Iran, bipolar disorder affects around 810,038 people.
- And for both India and China, each have somewhere between 12 - 15 million people who are bipolar

http://www.everydayhealth.com/bipolar-disorder-pictures/famous-people-with-bipolar-disorder.aspx#/slide-1