Honestly I've rode the razors edge a lot of times. Finger on the trigger bullet in the chamber muzzle in my mouth.… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Playing an unstable, bipolar, multiple-personality-disorder person is definitely up my alley. — Sebastian Stan Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathetic than bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
[Carrie Fisher] could talk about issues that very few people could. She could make her bipolar disorder both real and entertaining. Carrie… — Tony Taccone Copy Share Image
Being bipolar and an addict and an alcoholic I have to keep myself very busy. I don't sleep. I am lucky if… — David Feherty Copy Share Image
There is no common standard for education about diagnosis. Distinguishing between bipolar depression and major depressive disorder, for example, can be difficult,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
My mother struggled immensely with mental illness, and so did I. She grew up bipolar, but it was never diagnosed nor recognized.… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
The smartest thing I did was to stop going online. I'm the sort of person who will just look for the negative… — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
Being Bipolar and manic sometimes at night a line from the original movie 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' comes to… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“James had taken his own life, but the need to do so was not something easily explained. He had the life he… — Hazel Butler Copy Share Image
“Was James bipolar?” The tears returned, and I watched her battle them. “We don’t use that word in our family.” I stared… — Hazel Butler Copy Share Image
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
“Creativity is closely associated with bipolar disorder. This condition is unique . Many famous historical figures and artists have had this. Yet… — Preeti Shenoy Copy Share Image
It seems when the madness sets in the mix of wealth and seductiveness, it's never the first generation that acquired the wealth;… — Lawrence Douglas Copy Share Image
For almost every character I've played in the 43 years I've been working as a professional actor, I've found parts of myself.… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
“The Slice and Dice Fanatic uses his sexual skills to lure his victims into his realm of fun.” — RB Le 'Deach Copy Share Image
Mania is as bad as it gets. If not treated, it will become worse, more frequent, and harder to treat. — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up… — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page. — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
When you are mad, mad like this, you don't know it. Reality is what you see. When what you see shifts, departing… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
There are 316 million people in the United States of America. About six million of them watch 'Homeland,' Showtime's thriller about world… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
In total, I was diagnosed with depression by eight psychotherapists and psychiatrists over a period of thirteen years. Diagnosed wrong. Absolutely wrong.… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
Mania can be as terrifying as it gets. It is certainly as insane as one gets and so it's frightening when it… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
In late 2011, I watched a documentary by Stephen Fry called 'The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive.' He shared his story… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
I don't want to be caught ... ashamed of anything. And because generally someone who has bipolar doesn't have just bipolar, they… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny,… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I have a type of bipolar that swings up and down all day long. There are significant mood swings within a day,… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
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