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===Notable cases===
Numerous authors have written about bipolar disorder and many successful people have openly discussed their experience with it. [[Kay Redfield Jamison]], a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry at the [[Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine]], profiled her own bipolar disorder in her memoir ''[[An Unquiet Mind]]'' (1995).{{sfn|Jamison|1995}} It is likely that [[Grigory Potemkin]], Russian statesman and alleged husband of [[Catherine the Great]], suffered from some kind of bipolar disorder.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9crS6557gVgC&q=manic&pg=PA169|title = Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner|isbn = 978-1-4000-7717-5| vauthors = Montefiore SS |year = 2005| publisher=Vintage Books }}</ref> Several celebrities have also publicly shared that they have bipolar disorder; in addition to [[Carrie Fisher]] and [[Stephen Fry]] these include [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Kanye West]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berman |first1=Michele R. |last2=Boguski |first2=Mark S. |title=Understanding Kanye West's Bipolar Disorder |url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/celebritydiagnosis/87581 |work=MedPage Today |date=July 15, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607232802/https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/celebritydiagnosis/87581 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 }}</ref> [[Jane Pauley]], [[Demi Lovato]],<ref name="WilerUSAToday" /> [[Selena Gomez]],<ref name="Naftulin 2020">{{cite web | vauthors = Naftulin J | title=Selena Gomez opened up about the challenges of being in lockdown after her bipolar diagnosis | website=Insider | date=August 7, 2020 | url=https://www.insider.com/selena-gomez-bipolar-disorder-diagnosis-pandemic-mental-health-2020-8 | access-date=December 6, 2020}}</ref> and [[Russell Brand]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/mind-body/a33519731/bipolar-disorder-why-we-need-to-keep-talking/ |title=Bipolar disorder: why we need to keep talking about it after the headlines fade | vauthors = Newall S |date=August 5, 2020 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref>

[[John Adams]], president of the United States 1787-1801, probably suffered from bipolar II, although the condition had not been named at the time.  Adams exhibited periods of intense activity, temper, and "mania" alternating with times of deep depression and withdrawal, such as a documented five-day period of severe, low-energy withdrawal while in the Netherlands.  [[Benjamin Franklin]] noted that Adams “is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.”<ref>Curtis Hier, "The Adams Family: Triumphs and Groans" (International Bipolar Foundation,  [https://ibpf.org/the-adams-family-triumphs-and-groans/ online])</ref><ref>Allan B. Schwartz, "Medical Mystery: What made John Adams lose his temper?" ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' October 25, 2019, [https://www.inquirer.com/health/medical-mystery-president-john-adams-20191011.html online] </ref><ref>John E. Ferling, ''John Adams: A Life'' (University of Tennessee Press, 1992), pp.159, 236-237, 393-394.</ref>