Stephen Fry : Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

[jalle71002]

Ye, bipolarity sucks. Tho, it does grant you a different perspective on life - you dont take anything for given. Or at least it's done that to me. Medical depression is horrible, but makes you think. Stephen fry is awesome, knowing he has this horrible 'brain-fail' too makes me respect him even more.

[tvanhalen]

I'd be grateful if anyone was able to tell me the name of the Violin piece played throughout this clip. I have search high and low and have had no joy.

thanks

[javakogan]

Very sorry to hear this, but I am glad that he is carrying on. He is a wonderful person, and the world is better that he is here...

[AlexanderMazarakis]

Every celebrity seems to have a psychological disorder. Does fame ruins someones mental health or does the discontentment caused by such disorders drive people towards their success?

[Paladin24987]

@AlexanderMazarakis pressure put on my movie companies and other illuminati-based corperations are too much for any person of any mental strength... look up dave chapelle interview, it makes the most sense. I really think that "the industry" turns well balanced educated people (even katy perry and lady gaga both of which are rational, intelligent people known for doing crazy stuff) into mindless driveling idiots...

[AlexanderMazarakis]

@Paladin24987 lady gaga and katy Perry weren't to smart to begin with.

[jalle71002]

@AlexanderMazarakis Also, what causes bipolarity isn't completely understood, but some degree of inheritability has been shown. I don't know bout his type, but it often runs in families

[ehcmier]

@jalle71002 It used to be called the Artistic Temperament. Much of what makes an artist is inherited, certainly, and it's no surprise that many, not all, artists have a reputation for moodiness and anger coupled with "genius" or brilliance.

[fiendfury]

There needs to be more people like Stephen Fry in this world..

[hofffan333]

@fiendfury My god! Finally! I've been saying this for years! I never seemed to find another person who thought the same. I, and members of my family, have met him. Lovely bloke! needs to be cloned and exposed to exactly the same events in the clone life, to completely replicate this wonderful man!

[210482fmj]

I do feel that people in the uk are using mental health excuses to get on sickness benefit. YOu notice the people on sicness benefit have no mental probelm when it comes to cashing their cheques and buying new stuff. Also remember some of the people working these mental units are in on the corruption and are being paid by patients to make profit in order to keep them on their sickness benefits. THere is stuff going on in mental homes and the government need to realize

[Lairdesangfroid]

@210482fmj I'm not going to pick apart the holes in your thinking, I just want to know what you're proposed solution is. You never really got to that part.

[210482fmj]

@Lairdesangfroid Well i don't really think it is fair that a person who claims they hear voices is given lots more money than somebody who has worked their whole life to pay their bills. DOn't they call them professional loonies

[Lairdesangfroid]

@210482fmj so... they should just deal with it? I don't get what you're proposing

[210482fmj]

@Lairdesangfroid It's very difficult to prove.  SOme of the people will even take the medication to make them seem more genuine. Like i said some people are professionally mentally ill

[AshLuvsJonnyStew]

How very glad I am that he didn't stay in that garage, the world needs Stephen and people like him.

[ellandelachapelle]

In Sweden we have bipolar bears! :)

[HailSagan4Realz]

The tears are streaming down my face, into a tiny puddle.

I am literally crying right now as I type this. Down my face.

[andyk13089]

@HailSagan4Realz wut?



[electroboyla]

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Thanks,

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[catpee11]

@electroboyla your suggestion/link only leads to a YouTube page with NO videos but a bunch of suggestions that people purchase your book. i have a feeling you had absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Fry's movie.

i wouldn't trust you.

[Andreazor]

Now I just like Fry even more, he's a great inspiration and I wish I could meet him as he is one of the few people still alive that I admire.

[sarahparsons87]

Aspergers syndrome has many characteristics of manic-depression. I don't think many people are aware of that. As it happpens i have Aspergers syndrome. As for manic-depression i believe too many people are self-diagnosing of late. There is most certainly a fashion for mental illness going on and i think its due primarily to peoples desire to 'be different'. To stand out. Raising awareness of the genuine severity such disorders cause is the only solution. AS is not a mental illness btw.

[Loverleezack]

@sarahparsons87 I have bi-polar disorder and I can't tell you how many people have dismissed me saying "Oh I have that" Really? Bi polar is one of the most serious mental illnesses there are, and yet these people are so blase?

it is especially frustrating given that one of the things bi polar patients struggle with is medication compliance and diagnosis denial.

Having some person self diagnose and than dismiss the illness casually makes it difficult to stay in terms with the diagnosis for me

[sarahparsons87]

@Loverleezack The reason i mention my having AS is because there is a fashion at the moment for people to self-diagnose with AS as well. I've read so many comments below videos on AS saying things like "erm..i think i might have Aspergers because i was quite shy when i was younger" or "i'm quite obsessive like that as well". Just like manic depression it is not something you can be so casual about - you either have it or you don't and usually you will know for sure if you have got it.

[Lucqsch]

@CellphoneProfitInc It is darling it is.



[brownteal21]

@CellphoneProfitInc You are a psychologist or psychiatrist or some other sort of expert now?

[Soundfrequency]

I once stumbled across a small patch of indented ground which made strange, jabbering noises as I walked past it, it occured to me later that this was my first encounter with manic depression.

[MariaTastedInk]

Stephen Fry is an amazing person.

[GrassrootsCIC]

A message of hope about suicide prevention. Lets dismantle the taboo around suicide and create a more open community, ready, willing and able to help those at risk - just search 'I Am Alive suicide prevention'

[lumabi25]

It's a terrible illness I also suffer with. Many times I've thought about suicide even though I'm on medication and have taken various other meds for the last twenty years. For me it's like the software in my brain becomes corrupt until it reboots and you can see how irrational your behaviour was, and it doesn't take environmental situations to cause it. As for now, I'd like to die after my dog dies, and if not then, after my Mum dies. Not looking for sympathy here, just telling my story.

[annawee3]

he's cyclothymic.

[210482fmj]

there's actually no such thing as bipolar disorder but only symptoms which in itself is difficult to define and could be sen as illusions. there is nothing you can do about the way you feel. all you can do is accept things the way they are. SOme people enjoy it

[Lucqsch]

@210482fmj brilliant! You are the new Einstein I pressume?

[GogolBordelloLover]

I'm surprised it took him so long to figure his diagnosis out. Especially with psychology being discussed more openly nowadays. I He must have known that something was off if he was experiencing extreme highs and lows. I'm very glad he discusses this openly, so that others will know that this is not a rare occurrence. He is a respected man, so perhaps others will seek medical care as well.

[jimmy2k4o]

@GogolBordelloLover Most people with depression or any kind of mood disorder or no psychotic mental illness don't know they have it because they have nothing to compare it to you see, for all they know that is how you are supposed to feel, illnesses like these come up in early teenage years and no adult can remember there emotional state as a child to make a comparison.

[Silani84]

You are not alone Stephen Fry!

[Simha333]

I see stephen fry's face looking out the window. Is that the guy that did awesome tutorials of littleBIGplanet and LittleBIGplanet2?

[darkallegiance666]

@SirSebastianWang I can't properly answer your question because my childhood & adolescence were extremely far from normal. I felt worthless & suicidal & did for many years - this was directly due to living in an abusive family. I just want to give you a message of support & encouragement. You are not worthless. You have some special gift of your own. Are your family supportive & do you have a doctor who you trust to ask questions & receive answers from? If so, you could try this. Love to you.

[kcirdrab]

2.41 - Trust this big booby to try & make being a bit down into a drama

The sound efffect at 2.41, with his big tummy & legs sticking out of that machine says it all

[luludevreeze]

@kcirdrab

i don't agree with you but the phrase 'big booby' is quite funny. Stephen Fry has contributed a lot to comedy, culture and the popularisation of a better understanding of the world around us. He's hardly a big booby. He's a good man.

[HaniiPuppy]

@kcirdrab Manic Depression is a bit more powerful than occasionally being "a bit down".

[PAULFC93]

He's a great human being. Enough said

[missbrasil2008]

Hi rlquinn1980, thanks so much for your reply, my life really took a huge step forward these last few weeks, unfortunately I thought life didn't worth to live, and last Sunday I OD myself, luckily my husband called 911 because I wasnt breathing anymore, I stay in coma for 4 days doctors didn't no I was going to make or not, I'm so glad that I make it, and because my husband called they in time, I realized that Beeing a bipolar

[missbrasil2008]

Hi rlquinn1980:

[Acheiropoietos]

There are always happier times ahead, please hang on... it's worth it.

[missbrasil2008]

Wow someone just sent me this video and I really love it,

Thanks, but I'm still depress and I don't think life is worth for mim right now ;(

[Ch0cHead]

@missbrasil2008 just as it would have been a loss for stephen fry to have lost his battle against depression, it would be a tragedy if you were to lose yours. If someone cared that much about you to send you this video to help you, well I think you should take that as a sign to hang in there and know that you will have happier times ahead of you : ) : )

[rlquinn1980]

@missbrasil2008 Please consider the possibility that your depression is not a part of your personality but rather an affliction that oppresses your personality, just as it oppresses the motivation you know you ought to feel. After I started planning my suicide, I sought help because I did not want to hurt my loved ones by inflicting my death upon them. Once I learned the biology behind "mental" disorders, I agreed to treatment, and am now able to feel fired up again. I wish the same for you.

[JamesThornbrook]

What a brave man.

[SIsForSarah123]

My one claim to Stephen Fry,

The day he decided to go away, and was reported missing, was the 24th February 1995... the day i was born!!

i know its terrible, and i'm so glad that he didnt go through with it and i idolise him completely.

but it was the day i was born, and no-one can take that away from me!!

[Erinnes]

Gee those violins are annoying.

[coolrusst]

Well you use to be able to watch the whole thing now you can,t its like they jack you off psychologicaly with no climax !!

[7H3541N7]

Stephen Fry is awesome. Very funny, frank and intelligent. Very glad he is still going, gives us all some hope.

[MrJayCudmore]

@7H3541N7 He gives me ALLOT of hope, I have manic deppression, Paranoia and many other things but I alyways watch steven and I KNOW I can make it.

Im alsoy homosexual and very young so i know i when i see him i know my futures ahead of me and whenever i get shit because im gay, I just think if steven has made it so can i!

[sianchild]

I think he's so brave to speak out about it. It's begun the process of breaking down the stigma about mental illness. We've still got a long way to go though.

[CelluloidGrrl]

Stephen is an inspiration. I've been depressed for nearly nine years, despite being so young and have battled day in day out with all sorts ranging from simply getting out of bed to suicide attempts. Knowing that one of the most successful men in Britain also suffers from a condition similar to mine is reassuring.

[Kevo216666]

He went to Belgium!

That's enought to tip anyone over the edge. :)

[wadlez01]

Thats one sad/happy motherfucker

[punkassfoolio]

Just because something isn't normal does NOT mean its an illness. I think it's only logical to question your reality to the extent of being invigorated by it and experiencing mania or becoming extremely depressed about it. Only a means of expression, determined by a variety of univeral factors.

[xDarkBloodAngelx]

@punkassfoolio Yes it is normal to feel depressed or sad from time to time BUT being depressive does not mean, that you feel just occasionally unhappy, it is a constant feel of depression and loss of happyness as well as motivation and at some point suicide thoughts. I can say that, because I had depression for over 2 years and I can assure you, that I was not just "questioning the reality". :)

[punkassfoolio]

@xDarkBloodAngelx Good point. I did not explain myself correctly perhaps. I feel depressed and unmotivated allot of the time. This is linked to environment and state of mind, which defines my individual experience of life (my reality). Subconsciously or consciously. It is not to say that I am not normal but just not happy. I hate the way drugs are pumped at anybody with an opinion out of the norm.

[ginnyisdacoolest]

@punkassfoolio I agree - that's why people with higher than average IQ aren't called 'ill' - but something IS an illness/disorder if it causes harm to the person or to people around them. That for me is the distinction; I myself have mild obsessive compulsive tendencies, but because they are at the very most an annoyance, I do not call it a disorder. It has the capacity to become one, but for now at least it is not.

[MrNannerman]

Stephen Fry is a very great man. I wish him in best in his future ventures.

[chiajack5]

i have bi polar disorder its fucking killing my life right now im so angry at myself and wish i could erase it

[peechyq]

OK, so what about us depressives that have no money or anyone to help us out? trying to keep up with bills, working our asses off at minimum wage with our only down time being when we can go on the internet (which we can barely afford btw) to escape reality for a minute before we have to go to work again. i have no car, detroit has the shittiest public transit that ever existed, we all live to work out here & life is horrid most of the time, but somehow i manage. SO WHERE IS MY SHOW???

[mrpolaroid123]

@peechyq if it is of any comfort what so ever, remember, that somewhere else in the world is a reflection of your life, someone else is experiencing what your going through, someone else wakes up every morning wondering what IT'S all about. Every single one of us is capable of over coming any illness, quote Shakespeare ' Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie' your mind is your most powerful healer, learn to control it, do not let it control you.

[misstcalia]

Mr. Frye, So GLAD you are still around! You are my favoritest person ever! y son is bi-polar I'm so sorry that it took so long for a diagnosis. MUCH love and luck to you! Your fans adore you!

[GeorgesBarras]

It's fascinating (albeit not very nice) how the human brain can malfunction to the point of self-destruction.

[Emzo99]

I've never cried so much in my life, I love stephen with all my heart.

[europeandrifter]

brilliant...moved me to tears

[englishfrenchgerman]

I am very grateful to Stephen for doing this documentary. It helped me to understand a disorder that has affected me very badly for the last two years

[sundayuneedlove]

If you have a lot of money like he does, you can get away to help beat depression

What the fuck do those of us with nowhere to turn, no friends, no money, kids and wife to support, mortgage bills fucking loans and shit to pay do....fuck all...suffer every day in misery and hope for a quick death......

[bellalalalove]

@sundayuneedlove I know its shit but i guess you just have to hold on and remember that youre not alone because you have your family that love you and there are so many people out there who feel the same way

[JOSUE5401]

@sundayuneedlove so true!!!! except for kids and a morgage and in the same boat as you,we can't al walk up and down a beach in america and try to relax.i cant get any money to travel.

[themanonthestair]

@sundayuneedlove When you're suffering from a mental illness it doesn't matter how much money you do or don't have. In fact, I'd say the more money you have the more dangerous you are to yourself.

[mattcolt]

@themanonthestair no money helps

[themanonthestair]

@mattcolt Money's just a commodity, mate. If you're bipolar and have money, you could just as easily drink yourself to death.. OD on your drug of choice. The whole point is being bipolar, you don't necessarily think 'hmm, I think I'll invest in a quiet beach house on some mediteranean coast'... you're more inclined to think 'Wooooohooooo' or 'Fuck it all'.

[europeandrifter]

@sundayuneedlove ... its not his fault he has money, dude..

[SayNo2googlification]

@sundayuneedlove You are right about the money. Anyone who tells you money doesn't matter to your mental health is an idiot.

That's what I dislike the most about this program. It is does not address what mental illness is like for most people who have it.

And most people cannot afford to treat it. Then again he is british and I'm guessing it's covered over there.

[noirgris0]

Hugh Laurie suffered from depression,I wonder did Fry ask him if he would appear in this?

[abominableangel]

@noirgris0

unfortunately no Hugh doesnt appear in this series

[Sugarbehr1967]

Thank you for being so candid about your battle with bipolar..sometimes it's a disorder that make people frightened of you...mostly because of ignorance..i've had it for 15 years...and while it's scary, it's a part of my I can't change..but I can' keep it under control..:)

[abominableangel]

@Sugarbehr1967 how did you take your diagnosis? Im waiting for my initial appointment to be assessed for it... im terrified of what it would mean. with family etc already treating me differently even before an official diagnosis has been made

[randomist92]

i am so glad he is so open, i suffer badly from depression im lucky that i got to the point were i broke and told someone and im getting better, i have fantastic days and some terrible days but ive not been to a doctor, last time i went they basically said "how were you going to kill yourself" they didnt help they just questioned me and didnt give me a diagnosis or anything

[abominableangel]

@randomist92 its a classic "what was your plan?" question and they give you that look of "yeah ...sure you were gonna (eye roll)" ... I was told to get over it on my first appointment.. 2 nervous breakdowns later now they know just how over it i got.

[catatonicable]

@randomist92 That doctor needs a good bitch slapping.

[xYum1x]

Stephen are a true rolemodel! My mom also suffers from bipolar disorder, her most difficult years has been the last decade but she's now getting a lot better. She will never get well but it's close enough. Keep on fighting Stephen and stay strong!

[sophislady22]

im just gonna get the dvd, cant find thi to download anywhere!

[barehotmash]

stephen fry... care

[barehotmash]

@Skankzy I just checked it out.. its shite..now what?

[southsydney]

what? being rich, famous and privileged is too much for these fuckers?

[sophislady22]

@southsydney he would have still had the illness had he not been famous u thicko, its not a choice or nessesarily a reflection of your circumstances, its a chemical imbalance that can occur in anyone, usually passed on through genes and triggered off by stress. if someone wins the lottery or becomes famous it will still not cure their bipolar. it is not selfish to be high or depressed, its selfish of others to criticize and not understand people who have depression/bipolar u buncha c***s

[SayNo2googlification]

@southsydney Yep and they want to whine about it to people with real problems.

[southsydney]

@SayNo2googlification exactly, he could buy his way out of it . the fat bastard

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney uh, excuse me, you cannot buy yourself out of mental illness thank you very much. anyways the public health service is free here so fortunately for us money is no object. and did you just call one of the greatest television personalities in the world a 'fat bastard'?

[southsydney]

@brandnewyork48 i did, what's wrong with that?

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney what's wrong with that?! you're being cruel for absolutely no reason, i bet if you came to london and said it out loud in front of a crowd of people then you could expect to be badly injure. he is a fucking national treasure man

[southsydney]

@brandnewyork48 so you respond to a dissenting opinion with violence? that's pathetic. i can see why you people like that fat, tearful bastard

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney i think maybe you're sitting alone in your mum's basement with nothing for company except a computer and a box of tissues and moisturiser, so no wonder you're spiteful and cynical. i didn't answer with violence (that would be something like 'i'm gonna rip your fucking legs off for hating on stephen fry!') but mearly with truth as what i said would actually happen to you if you came here and called him a 'fat bastard', the very 'aggressive' comment with which started this argument

[southsydney]

@brandnewyork48 i express a dissenting opinion about a man who has enough power and wealth to not give a damn what some plebian like me thinks and there are people who would defend him? someone they dont even know? how do u know he's not playing up this bullshit as a publicity stunt? 

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney because if you try to kill yourself, i don't think you're doing it for the publicity, you're doing it because you actually want to die.

[southsydney]

@brandnewyork48 fuck him boohoo im so sad with my piles of money and influence waaahh

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney wow, you really are pathetic.

[southsydney]

@brandnewyork48 this is a bad thing because???

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney lol, u just won you're own argument dude!

[southsydney]

@brandnewyork48 

[brandnewyork48]

@southsydney good-bye, you are wasting my life

[dontkeepthisname]

@southsydney

Honey, when you're a manic depressive, piles of money is only piles of paper.. or drug money if you're into that. Money doesn't buy happiness and please don't judge something you don't understand. Depression is a deadly illness.

[XNancieRoseX]

@southsydney You really have no idea about mental illness, do you? I pity you.

Thank you, Stephen Fry, for trying to break down the barriers of this dreadful, dreadful illness. I hope you know that you have helped a lot of people by speaking out.

[ComicallySanePolitic]

@southsydney Speak delusions to power. I bet you get off on kicking a guy like this. He's gay, an atheist, and bipolar. He's not exactly living the perfect role in our society. But, he's honest about his role, and that makes him a great man. If you think he'd lie about this to get publicity, you're making the same kind of judgment that you claim others shouldn't be making. How do you know? is a good question to be asking about others, maybe you should ask it to yourself as well.

[spaceoreo]

@southsydney He's neither fat, nor a bastard. I'm neither fat nor a bastard, and I'm not wealthy, due in part, to the behaviour caused by both poles of this dis-ease. Yet I view myself as no different to Fry with regard to the illness. He is cyclothimic, I am not, but I relate to much of what he says, purely because I have lived it. To speak as you have bespeaks a greater truth about your ignorance and total lack of desire to be anything other than ignorant. There but for the grace of...

[Kiefer89]

Thank you so much for spreading information about us, Stephen. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 15 due to a suicide attempt, yet all I can hope for is empathy. Sympathy, however, is something I don't want.

[mattgrant1]

My mum has this, our family have coped well with it though and we've been through tough times. However, there is an upside, she is incredibly talented at designing and building things. She built our kitchen and our living room, her own room and our home gym. It's just finding the balance between going too high and going too low.

[jompiii]

Thank you mr. Fry! It's about to settle in again, and watching this clip makes it a bit easier to call the hospital. Hope I can be back at work in a week or so. Here we go...

[yankeeangel26]

I'm so glad Mr. Fry didn't kill himself back in '95. It would have been a huge and horrible loss to us all, for so many reasons. I think he is very brave to be so open about being bipolar; his honesty has probably encouraged a lot of people to get help who might not have otherwise.

[sophislady22]

@yankeeangel26 glad he didnt kill himself either. cant imagine him not being on tv, on QI and all his other little roles and massive contribution to mental health awareness

[gunda333icecream]

@yankeeangel26 he did encourage a lot of people, for example, me, he saved my life

[Simha333]

@yankeeangel26 yep! we gotta keep stephen Fry alive and not dead! :D

[lennic95]

I think I'm probably bipolar. 2 of my uncles killed themselves because of it and both my Dad and his mum have it. I've generally been depressed for the last 3-4 years.

[sophislady22]

@lennic95 you should deff get it checked out

[09669390]

I have bipolar. After being diagnosed with it after a suicide attempt. The problem with Zyprexa and Sodium Valporate, my weight has ballooned dramatically. Yes with bipolar there are massive highs and lows. One moment I am king of the world, and within a period hours I am in the pits of hell.

But looking back it, with the right help, Bipolar in (my case) is easily treatable. It is more easy to treat than a chest infection.

By the way, I appreciate how Stephen Fry has shared his life story.

[latashalee94]

If there is nothing that is different in the brain of person with manic depressive disoreder versusu that of a regular brain..how can they just go and pass out a diagnosis? See I have exhibited these symptoms all of my life but from fear od being misdiagnosed I will life with the demons that haunt me rather than be a medicine tester.

[BryonAWithhonors]

@latashalee94 how about the chemical imbalance?

[elizabethosler]

@latashalee94 I disagree with you, but obviously it's your choice. Being bipolar is VERY difficult. I live with it every day. On the right meds, I think, but often mind goes out of control or I am it the depths of despair. It is exhausting.

[sophislady22]

@latashalee94 the diagnosis takes ages, 10 years usually although its getting better. i think there is a difference in the brain, they just havnt found it just yet. but fair enough u dont wanna take pills. there are other ways of managing it though.

[freshest007]

is there any way of supressing the symptoms if you dissociate from it/?

[pithie84]

@freshest007 very good question, have tried myself, also suffer from it. When im on a high I can rationalize things that bother me very easily and think "why did it every trouble me to begin with" but when your on a low then the rationalization is all forgotten and all you can concentrate on is the negative. you try to look at it from an outside point of view but u just get drawn in and drowned by it when its the negative. not sure if iv answered your question that well but hope I helped.

[sophislady22]

@freshest007 u need to treat it not ignore it

[pixiewilson42]

Thanks to Stephen Fry for this tv series_many thanks to him for highlighting Manic Dep....I know it well...however MD ..or Bi-Polar is NOT a disease of the brain

[leyliable]

what do you mean? what would you categorize it as then?

[pixiewilson42]

Seriously...I have had Manic Dep for many many yrs..probably 20 yrs+only diag 3 yrs.I take Lithium+Lamotrigine...I was also a mental health worker for 12yrs prior to diagnosis,There is absolutely NO evidence that we have diseased ..lol,,minds whatsoever,,,personall I know that the severe+brutal circumstances of my childhood+subsequent lack of coping strategies def amplified my mood,I became high to escape..crashing sustained lows,,me personally my illness is circumstantial...a reaction to pain

[BryonAWithhonors]

@pixiewilson42 so your saying that bi polarity is more of a subconcious mental illness than anything physical?

[sophislady22]

@BryonAWithhonors bipolar is a mental illness that affects mostly your thoughts and feelings but then goes on to affect you physically as living on 2-4 hours sleep for 3 weeks in a row some times can leave u almost broken

[catatonicable]

Lost so much weight he looked a bit ill on Topgear.

[abominableangel]

@catatonicable he went on a calorie controled diet .. hes publically spoken of it in his blogs and twitter ... he doesnt take meds for his bipolar hes to affraid of them...

he says in this program that though the depressive state of the illness are crippling he loves his manic highs ..medication is not the method he chooses at this time though there is a GP featured in this program who treats her BPD with diet and exercise she hasnt had an attack for 15 years,she'd already been commited 3 times

[rockchick80s]

Wonderful, interesting and thought provoking documentary. Couldnt have chosen a better Man to front it. The fact he is so Private and Shy and was prepared to open up publicly about his condition - speaks volumes for the Man.

[AngelusDlion]

Stephen Fry is my hero for his courage in sharing this with everyone.

[awapala5460]

Thank you, Stephen, for being brave enough to help yourself and others!

[damechastain]

Poor thing...

[CrazyWater]

Very good..