You might want to read Patty Duke's biography or articles on Carrie Fisher. I found an interview with Carrie Fisher in last 90's Psychology Today magazine which was pretty good. She was on 7 heavy duty psychiatric meds. I don't know how she's been so productive all these years.

I hear some people talk about BP and can't relate. I heard one male Soap Opera Star who spoke about it and said "It isn't a death sentence". I totally couldn't relate to that.