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Did you know there are many famous people from the past and the present who suffer from bipolar illness? People from history such as, Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michelangelo, and Winston Churchill are just a few to mention. There are people in our present day, like Patty Duke, Connie Francis, Dick Cavett and Robin Williams. The one thing all these people have in common, is the legendary mark they have made in history and today. There were writers, actors, composers, artists, musicians, and scientists whose brilliance and creativity came from being bipolar. Although being bipolar has a downside to it with symptoms of depression, the opposite side of it is the mania. When a person is in a manic state, he or she becomes extremely creative and flights of euphoria seem to take over their mind. But, as we all know, what goes up, must come down. The mania eventually leads a person into depression. There are several warning signs that lead a person into either a depression or manic state. To explain this illness in more detail, bipolar disorder is a medical condition that affects a person¡¦s moods that can go from one extreme to another. Some common symptoms of mania are: „X feeling unusually euphoric or high (much like having an adrenaline rush) „X having racing thoughts „X having inflated feelings of power „X feeling agitated „X needing little sleep Out of shear exhaustion from the mania, a person eventually becomes completely fatigued and washed out physically, mentally and emotionally. This leads into a deep depression.
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