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I just finished watching the documentary. BD docs are always interesting to me, I always learn something from them. With regard to "Being Bipolar"- the first thought I have is that the interviewer did a poor job. She was judgmental, and even admitted that she was intimidated by Paul (I think his name was). Kind-of an odd reaction, considering the very nature of the subject matter.
It's also possible that the editing was poorly done. Something was off with how the various emotions (of the interviewer, even) were captured. The editing was choppy.
She had an agenda, it seemed, which was to assert that people with BD come from environments in which emotional regulation was not well modeled. The name "Being Bipolar" suggests that the film-maker (which I assume was the interviewer?) believes that one can learn how not to "be bipolar" by learning and practicing emotional regulation. I understand that method of controlling moods and emotions, and believe it is helpful, to a degree. But the woman never did seem to clue in to BD being a physical disorder that yes, is often helped along by environmental causes, but that BD is its own illness, in itself.
The drummer - I felt so bad for him...he didn't mention being on a mood stabilizer - actually, neither did the woman who kept crying - I wondered what was up with that? The antidepressants and antipsychotics alone wouldn't seem to do the whole job of controlling the disorder.
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