Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was bipolar? Also. . .

[DLA]

Robert E. Lee (no comments out of you Yankees lol), Winston Churchill, Napolean (imagine that), and Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?  I was shocked.  

See, we knew that bpers were really smart ppl, didn't we?  And ppl say we're nuts!?  Huh!  Well, they do say it's a fine line between genius and insanity.  Walk it easily my fellow beepers.  LOL!!!  ;-)

[robert4]

ben stiller is too :)

[Barribjorn]

Custer was probably more bipolar the Lee, course it could be a ploy to make us feel better. Then again, in times past you could follow grandious ideas, not so much these days.

[RubyShooz]

Beeper, I like that name for bipolar.  Sounds less "medical".  We are all a closely knit group here and I really appreciate the support and comfort I receive from all the people on these message boards.  Thanks to all of you.
Ruby

[nomedsplz]

Society in the past was not as intolerant of abberant behavior as it is now.  With half the poeple walking around with some type of chronic illness, mental or physical, a high functioning bi-polar person was not much to notice.

Also, the lens of history attempting to diagnose these people after a century or more is cloudy at best.  Very little evidence supports that the modern mental health community can diagnose modern people correctly better than half the time.

Lincoln had a hard life.  Robert E Lee valiantly fought a war based on a complex split loyalty and he knew that victory was almost without hope.  You'd have a hard time convincing me that a man in his position, after a Chancellorsville, was faulty in ordering Pickett's Charge.  

I've seen these diagnoses of historical figures.  The mountainous ego it must take for an obscure nobody to second-guess the greatest among us through the ages.  LOL

[btsmith]

  Also Van (Brown Eyed Girl) Morrison....Vincent Van Gogh.....and from what I heard Eric Clapton
btsmith

[DLA]

Am so glad I could help.  Many many famous ppl in history are bpers.  Look at all they accomplished.  And without good meds!!  Amazing, huh?

[Nikki2226]

Thats so cool!  You just made me feel a little better.