i've struggled with bipolar for years. it's not easy. after my startup was sold in an asset purchase and i was left with nothing but the credit card debt i'd accumuluated thinking i was going to make it big, i crashed hard. i got all tangled up in a huge web of internal metaphors and was in and out of mental hospitals - 3 stints in two months. i'm getting better now, and it's good to have people like stephen fry trying to destigmatize the illness.