Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

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Is bipolar disorder simply the latest label for bad behavior? Does the condition fuel the creative drive of great artists? Is there something glamorous about a diagnosis of bipolar disorder? In this program Stephen Fry shares his personal experience with bipolar disorder and answers questions that the diagnosis frequently raises. Investigating the misleading highs and the depressive lows that led him to repeated suicide attempts, Fry educates viewers about bipolar disorder’s triggers, treatments, and prognoses. In addition, actress Carrie Fisher, two children with bipolar disorder and their doctor, and a woman whose episodes were activated by pregnancy all shed light on what living with BPD is like.