Newly diagnosed with ADHD and now on Ritalin

[Michigan Alum]

4. There's a lot of successful and creative people who are bipolar. Nothing to be ashamed of.

I was happy when I found out what I had because I knew what was wrong and got the right medication for it. I actually credit it for helping me get promoted at work: we had to get a bunch of work done at the last minute - something that a "normal" person would have never been able to accomplish.

It was almost like a superpower. However, I did learn that it's not good to have these extreme ups and downs and that it's best to stay on my meds. The rule with bipolar: "what goes up must come down" if you have a high (manic or hypomanic episode) it will be followed by a down (depression).

Check out all the famous people who had/have bipolar disorder or depression:

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Helpline1&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4858

Winston Churchill, Beethoven, Issac Newton, Ted Turner, Tolstoy, Michelangelo, Sinatra - bipolar disorder.

Lincoln (depression or bipolar disorder), Dickens (depression), possible bipolar: Ghandi, JFK, RFK,
Martin Luther King.


Check out this article:
We Need a Bipolar President

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/bipolar-advantage/201108/we-need-bipolar-president