Posted by LostBoyinNC45 on August 13, 2014, at 20:00:47
In reply to Re: what gets me on William's suicide... » LostBoyinNC45, posted by Chris O on August 13, 2014, at 15:11:36
Yeah, like a lot of these big time comedians, Williams did come over as bipolar/manic a lot of the time. Like, over the top a lot of the time. I find it hard to believe he could have had a super successful work life at that level had he been unipolar severe depression.
Also, the bipolars are the ones who abuse recreational drugs and booze the most and Williams reportedly had a serious alcohol problem.
One famous comedian that I really like, Steve Martin, Ive read is bipolar. He used to be REALLY over the top back in the seventies and eighties. In the nineties, he seemed to become more serious and to me, less comical and frankly, boring. I always wondered if he maybe got on a mood stabilizer and got things under control?
As far as Williams left wing fringe friends, I cant speak on that much. I never was a fan of Williams, he was more silly than funny, to me. However, if he did have a lot of left winger type friends, that crowd tends to be more into psychology, environment, psychotherapy and maybe recreational pot use to "manage" mental illness. That dont work for "severe" depression, as most on this board and similar boards realize. The "change your environment, change your brain and your mood" left wing mantra only works for mild depression and for healthy people with woody allen syndrome. On the other hand, I do believe that a totally negative environment can prevent psychiatry meds from working as well and you do need a generally positive environment with stress levels managed to treat ANY kind of mental illness.Sad thing is, with the kind of money Williams had access to (assumption, as some of these stars are not as wealthy as we think), Williams could have probably checked himself into the Mayo clinic for a month or two, had a full course of ECT and gotten the gold label severe depression or bipolar treatment and saved his life....had he known or someone close to him been in touch with this stuff better.
Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"
> He always seemed completely bipolar to me. (Other media people similar to him on the bipolar--though not political--axis that come to mind are Glenn Beck and Alex Jones.) At the same time, it appears that he and none of his "friends" were able to recognize that he had this terrible condition and get him into treatment. I don't see any evidence that he had given any type of mood stabilizer a try. In fact, listening to his comments on Fresh Air and those made to Carrie Fisher, it appears he was perhaps ashamed to admit he had a mental illness, and was surrounded by people who were unaware or uncaring enough to let it go untreated until it killed him. What a terrible waste, all for "pride" and "honor," even on the supposedly "left" side of the political spectrum (the side Williams rankly identified with). Couldn't anyone have said, "Robin, why don't give lithium or lamictal a three month trial to see how it goes?" Where are those people in his life?
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