Did anyone catch Oprah a few weeks ago when she did her show on depression/bi-polar?
She had Maurice Benard (Sonny from GH) on and he talked about his battle with bi-polar and how they even wrote it into his story line at one point. His wife contacted the producers at one point and said they had to stop because it was affecting him outside of work and he was slipping.....
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Bipolar disorder, once known as manic depression, affects 2.3 million Americans. Men and women are equally likely to develop it. Its sufferers endure cycles of devastating lows and euphoric and compulsive highs. People with bipolar disorder have three times the alcohol and drug abuse rate as the rest of the population. The mania, or the highs, can lead to destructive, extreme and reckless behavior including violence, aggression, compulsive shopping and/or sexual promiscuity. The irrational highs are followed by periods of deep, paralyzing depression. Many bipolar people commit suicide—20 percent end up dying by their own hands.
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