... disorder is a rare mood disorder that is characterized by having increasing states of euphoria and wild fluctuations and then having a hard crash into a deep state of depression and hopelessness. Edgar Allen Poe's state of mind can easily be seen in most of his writings as dark, hopeless, and filled with death; such as one would feel when in the depression stage of ... and creative musical masterpieces. Bipolar disorder may have affected so many people throughout the years but it's because of this psychological disorder that we know such great individuals such as Poe, Van Gogh, and Tcha...

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... known of these are Vincent van Gogh, Sylvia Plath (author of The Bell Jar) and Mozart. Many other creative artists were either hospitalized or attempted suicide. Among these are Edgar Allen Poe, Lord Byron, TS Elliot, Mark Twain, Noel Coward, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams. Among great statesmen, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill are also ... ...

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... some form of bipolar disorder. Some of the more recognizable names of individuals marked by bipolar disorder throughout history were Winston Churchill, George Frederick Handel, Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allen Poe, Napoleon Bonaparte and Vincent Van Gogh. I chose bipolar disorder because I wanted to discover and learn more about this terrible disorder. Bipolar disorder is considered to be the chameleon of Psychiatric ... ...

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