Famous/Well-know people who have bipolar

Today I'm going to show you 8 Famous/well-know people who have bipolar.

Ludwig van Beethoven He became deaf early in life and suffered intermittently with bouts of serious fever and headaches. He often thought about suicide, a common symptom of bipolar disorder. He went through a pessimistic emotional period, which negative impact  his compositions. There was a degradation in his manners as well as his personal appearance, which are all symptoms of depression which was caused by his bipolar disorder.                                                                            link

Andy Behrman Author of the book Electroboy:  A Memoir of Mania American writer  of non-fiction as well as a mental health advocate and national speaker who  maintains a website at www.electroboy.com

Ludwig Boltzmann A physicist and mathematician. Greatest achievement was in the development of statistical mechanics,  which explains and predicts how the properties of atoms determine the physical properties of matter. link

Stephen Fry Was diagnosed with  bipolar disorder, specifically cyclothymia, referring it as bipolar lite. He suffered a nervous breakdown in 1995 in a west End play and subsequently walked out of the production, after walking out, Fry went missing for several days while contemplating suicide. He abandoned the idea and left the United Kingdom by ferry, eventually resurfacing in Belgium. link

Isaac Newton A physicist and mathematician,  who formulated the laws of motion and  universal gravitation, that dominated the  view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. link

Katherine Brooks Is an American film writer and director.  The largest teen filmmaking program in the USA, and is the recipient of the LACE Award for  Arts and Entertainment, which honors women  who have made a difference in the  entertainment community. I don't believe Bipolar holds me back as a person or a filmmaker. I actually believe it makes everything I do have more meaning, passion, and purpose. I'm thankful to be this way ... thankful to be born Bipolar. link link

Abraham Lincoln The 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861  until his assassination in April 1865.  Lincoln led the United States  through its greatest constitutional,  military, and moral crisis.  Abolishing slavery, strengthening  the national government and  modernizing the economy. link

Patty Duke American actress of stage, film,  and television. In 1987, Duke revealed  in her autobiography that she was diagnosed with manic depression (now called bipolar disorder) in 1982.  Since then she has devoted much of her  time to advocating and educating the  public on mental health issues. She became the first celebrity to go public with her bipolar disorder diagnosis, and has contributed to de-stigmatizing bipolar disorder.  Duke has since become an  activist for numerous mental health causes. She has lobbied the United States Congress and                                                                           joined forces  with the National                                                             Institute of Mental Health and                                                         National Alliance for the Mentally Ill                                                   in order to increase awareness, funding,                                              and research for people with mental illness.                                                    link

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