CZJ Talks About Her Bipolar Disorder
Catherine Zeta-Jones recently admitted that she sat still in a mental hospital for a couple of weeks, because she was on the verge of recreating Michael Douglas' performance in Falling Down. It was then that CZJ's rep said that she suffers from bipolar II disorder and supporting her husband through his cancer treatment made her emotions splinter a bit. CZJ is out of the hospital and speaking to People about how she hopes she can inspire others to seek help.
"This is a disorder that affects millions of people and I am one of them. If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help."
Did you know there's a Wikipedia page that lists all of the famous people with bipolar disorder and bipolar: the sequel? Jane Pauley?! Cheri Oteri?! Ruby Wax?! Linda Hamilton?! My first thought about this was that CZJ is obviously in good company, but that seems like some inappropriate shit only a clueless asshole would say (which is why I'm basically saying). Besides, it's not really true since Mel Gibson is on the list too.
CZJ is doing a good thing by talking about her bipolar disorder out in the open like this. However, People is not doing a good thing by forcing her face into a battle against an army of Photoshop tools.
P.S. - The quadruple shot of eyebrow game on this cover gets an A++++.
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Submitted by agirl on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 10:09am.
hahaha. Come on ovah! In my local park, some jobless losers always hang out. Not sure what their deal is--homeless or what. I always find empty vials of med pot that they've tossed aside.
The funny thing is, despite all the reasons given for passing a med marijuana law, it hasn't stopped the underground market, illegal imports, drug crimes, substance abuse, or anything else. Nor have state tax revenues gone up.
Submitted by RustyHooligan on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:27pm.
In Cali, anything more serious than a bunion qualifies you for medical pot.
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Submitted by M.E. on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 9:25am.
Submitted by You_Complete_Me. on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 9:17am.
I think the straight-up depression (unipolar) meds (SSRIs, for example) & the liberal way in which they are being prescribed to everyone & his dog nowadays, are at least partially to blame for the relatively recent explosion of "bipolar" diagnoses. Those meds do more long-term harm and brain-fucking than people are led to believe.
Funny, isn't it, how so many people trying to quit those meds mysteriously end up diagnosed as "bipolar" as they withdraw and then feel forced to start on a fresh regimen of even MORE pharmaceuticals for this "new" diagnosis.
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I agree.
Stupid doctors put me on those anti-depressants and I went bonkers, like psychotic. I went in for anxiety and they diagnosed me with depression (WRONG) put me on Paxil and I turned into a raging psycho.
Probably would have diagnosed me with bi-polar then, but I weaned myself off those fucking pills and chilled the fuck out on my own. GOOD TO GO NOW!
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I am so late to this conversation but THIS is what happened to me three years ago and the psycho Psychiatrist, I didn't really need for my metabolic disorder, actually did try to diagnose me as bi-polar and worse. It was that day, marked in my calendar, when I picked myself up and began a journey I am still on. I fired all of my useless doctors and started again.
Bi-polar 1 seems a good excuse for billing opportunities and Bi-polar 2 is the real thing. Perhaps it was watching a friend fall apart the year before that woke me up to my own "normal" but it wasn't easy to take control again. Once ordinary people get that diagnosis it can cripple any attempts at normal life. I too weaned myself off the anti-depressants, dexatrine (she said I was ADHD) and sedatives (in case I couldn't sleep!!!!!). By the way I have a pituitary tumor which causes physical and not psychiatric problems. I am very careful about doctors now and as a result have built a new and better team.
As for CZJ, I suspect her motives for talking about this now. Celebrity and publicity drives a lot of strange behaviour in Hollywood and there are many doctors willing to exaggerate for a fee.
Submitted by agirl on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:03pm.
Not I, sorry. I get in enough trouble just with booze. But I suppose I could develop a sudden disability and get a script. In Cali, anything more serious than a bunion qualifies you for medical pot.
@RustyHooligan - excellent!
So, who's bringing the weed to the Dlisted fambly Forf of July BBQ? For SHARING, I mean!!
*crickets*
YOU BOGARTING MOTHERFUCKERS!!
@precociousmagpie - well Carrie is now working for Jenny Craig right? The worse she looks in her "before" pics, the better she will look in her "after" pics. I think she'd look 100% better right now if she lightened her hair just a bit and didn't line under her eyes.
Watch, when she loses the weight (if? her meds may be interfering with weight loss)... well I hope she does lose it and looks amazing and gets herself on the cover of People. And I hope she calls out CZJ on her bullshit in the accompanying article.
Submitted by SugarFreeRedBull on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 8:19pm.
Bret Michaels and his aneurysm.
Yes! That one always struck me as bogus, but I think some doc spoke about it, too. (Can't be bothered to check.) Demi Lovato now says she's bi, too. hehehe
P.S. And what sets bipolar disorders apart is generally the severity and longevity of the mood swings. For example - in a hypomanic state, a person with bipolar I might stay awake for days on end, very excited about many things, very happy - and doing things like excessive shopping.
Lows then follow that which are a total crash, and the person can feel literally swamped by depression and totally hopeless.
The difference in the bipolar disorders - well, from what I understand it's just about doctors sticking labels on different sorts of behavior. Bipolar's a depression with severe highs and lows. Some bipolar people might have longer highs or lower lows, so they're given different diagnoses based on that. Then they give the person lithium (and/or many other balancing and calming medications) to even out the person's moods.
Can someone please explain to me difference between all those bipolars? I wikipedia it and so much stuff came up, I got overhelmed and I'm not even sure I understand it correctly.
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Submitted by Stan Hooper on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 1:38pm. What bugs me is what about HIPPA laws? Why must celebrities feel they have the right to disclose their personal shit for "awareness (cough cough publicity purposes). Does it mean the rest of the world is full game?
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The "stars" COUNT on this fuckery. No matter WHAT they say, they know that no one can come out and disprove them w/proof, so they say whatever damn well suits them (vitiligo w/MJ, the whole Octomom "all my implants split into twins! oops!" fiasco, Bret Michaels and his aneurysm...).
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I hate this bitch. And if she's bipolar, then I'm a fucking white girl named Cindi. With an i.
She's just a cunty, miserable, golddigging bitch who wants to get her face back in the media.
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Ativan gave me weird hot flashes and made me more anxious.
And, good for her for being candid. It's refreshing.
Wow. I agree with MK, someone did have to go into overtime with all that photoshop.
What bugs me is what about HIPPA laws? Why must celebrities feel they have the right to disclose their personal shit for "awareness (cough cough publicity purposes). Does it mean the rest of the world is full game?
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Can she shoot anymore botox into her forehead? Pretty soon her eyebrows will be in her hair.
That looks more like Sofia Vergara than CZJ.
Bitch forgot her Abc's and got crazy!!
I found her annoying since she never said her major production was being a dancer at the Showboat play back when she was a nobody , lol.
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Damn. This subject tends to piss me off. Since when did mental illness go viral? I guess it really started in the 90's when every unruly child started being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and being fed ritalin instead of actually being disciplined. Yes, there are many people who really do suffer from mental illness (my Mom is one who does) but people get misdiagnosed waaaay too often these days. It is easier and more profitable for a Doctor to slap a label on you and prescribe meds and follow-up visits than it is for him to actually TALK to a person for more than 5 minutes.
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Mel Gibson needs an enema.
oh well, the usual dlisters bitchery. hey everyone XD
But, can anyone please tell me where the "couple of weeks" come from? I read 5 days, so I'm curious. And I also wouldn't recommend to publish info about you being mentally instable in case you're mentally instable - there are trolls and haters everywhere (like me, f.e.). A wise move would've been to set up a foundation and to admit that she "once was in a clinic for depression". Damn!
So, yeah, I totally think shes just a bitch who kind of lost it and had to be put on time out for a while.
remind me again why people don't like CZJ?
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Whoever that is on the cover is very pretty.
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*adds Falling Down to Netflix Queue at position 1000*
that was a good one.
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Submitted by agirl on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:45am.
you are invited to the BBQ too, ya know! All the Dlisted sluts are invited. What will you be bringing?
Thanks! Reposado and ambrosia salad?
Submitted by agirl on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:36am.
Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:14am.
Submitted by precociousmagpie on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:54am.
Well, I suppose I'd rather have CZJ as "the face of bipolar disorder" than Carrie Fisher. :^P
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I disagree. Carrie Fisher is supersmart, fucking funny and fearless (she basically said that John Travolta is gheygheyghey, which means the Scientos are now after har ass). Plus she gets bonus points for making out with Harrison Ford once upon a time and having been married to Paul Simon. Her mom is hilarious too.
I'd much rather hang with her than a no-talent stuck-up lying "39-year-old" bitch like CZJ. In fact I think she'd fit right in
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Well, you've got me there. I was only talking about the actual face, though--can't fucking stand CZJ--and CF has been going out of her way lately to be photographed looking like a psycho hag, donning hideous freeze-your-mug expressions and terrible scarves. Maybe she's identified her core constituency and figures she should just go with it. Girl's gotta make a buck. I just wish she would try to look slightly less catastrophically deranged.
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"When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat."
CZJ should have added, at least one time during the interview: "And I'm looking at you, Charlie Sheen! GET HELP." He's so obviously suffering from the disease. Because we haven't heard any of his scintillating manic rants lately, I'd say he's taking his meds again or is at the depressive pole right now.
CZJ has stones, I'll give her that.
@RustyHooligan - you are invited to the BBQ too, ya know! All the Dlisted sluts are invited. What will you be bringing?
N.B. - we'll already have plenty of macaroni salad.
I figured that photo of CZJ is from 1999.
And yes, the eyebrows are superb all around.
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Submitted by agirl on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:44am.
I'll bring the firecrackers and the birf control, just in case. Hope I don't get them mixed up, like last year. Grandpa still has no hearing in his left ear!
HAHAHA
Just imagine if you had to have a three hour dinner with fisher or zeta. Which dinner would be lots of laughs and over before you know it, and which one would be a painful battle to keep the conversation going and feel like 6 hours?
Fisher gets my vote.
And in a related story, Alcoholics Anonymous has changed its name to Bipolars Not Anonymous.
Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:14am.
Submitted by precociousmagpie on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:54am.
Well, I suppose I'd rather have CZJ as "the face of bipolar disorder" than Carrie Fisher. :^P
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I disagree. Carrie Fisher is supersmart, fucking funny and fearless (she basically said that John Travolta is gheygheyghey, which means the Scientos are now after har ass). Plus she gets bonus points for making out with Harrison Ford once upon a time and having been married to Paul Simon. Her mom is hilarious too.
I'd much rather hang with her than a no-talent stuck-up lying "39-year-old" bitch like CZJ. In fact I think she'd fit right in here with the Dlisted slut family. Carrie, if youre reading this, join us!
@Jack: I am pretty sure those blisters were from something else
*reminds self to bring the Valtrex to the fambly BBQ too*
Submitted by precociousmagpie on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:54am.
Well, I suppose I'd rather have CZJ as "the face of bipolar disorder" than Carrie Fisher. :^P
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Ahahaha! Ain't that the truth!
Submitted by precociousmagpie on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:54am.
Well, I suppose I'd rather have CZJ as "the face of bipolar disorder" than Carrie Fisher. :^P
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funny you should mention that. What's even funnier is that they reference her in the Journal of abnormal Psychology for bipolar and used her Princess Leia picture. I read that in Wishful Drinking. great book btw.
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now is the time for guts and guile ~ Dame Elizabeth
*pops an Ativan & swills a beer, out of boredom*
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Submitted by charlie m on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:47am.
Submitted by Jana on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:31am.
M.E and Charles M:
Ativan is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. It affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
Ativan is used to treat anxiety disorders.
They helped me in my case during alcohol withdrawal. I do not recommend taking alcohol as a replacement.
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Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:05am.
Every family has that one fuck up that you don't talk about.. which one of us has that role?
My brother and sister are the worthless pieces of shit in my family, but since I refuse to accept being loser whitetrash, I guess I am.
That being said, Demi Lavato's eyebrows look drawn on with MS Paint. wtf?
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Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:05am.
Every family has that one fuck up that you don't talk about.. which one of us has that role?
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"When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat."
Well, I suppose I'd rather have CZJ as "the face of bipolar disorder" than Carrie Fisher. :^P
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"When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat."
agirl - lmao!!
maybe that's what happened to me last year at the BBQ... would explain the blisters!! :P
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Submitted by Jana on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:31am.
M.E and Charles M:
Ativan is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. It affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
Ativan is used to treat anxiety disorders.
They helped me in my case during alcohol withdrawal. I do not recommend taking alcohol as a replacement.
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alright, now i am really connecting with you. i went through some very bad alcohol withdrawal about 8 years ago and was sweating and shaking and the whole nine yards. i got my neighbor to drive me to the doctor around the corner and he said, oh fuck. and gave me a prescription for 50 milligram libriams to take every 4 hours and said don't ever drink again consecutive days. and i just kind of floated along in some supernatural haze for the next 3 days and never did that shit again.
Submitted by islandgirl on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:32am.
HHAAHAHA, Deee.... put a litre of woine in each and I'm all yours!!!
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I'm filling them as we speak! One is Shiraz and the other a Chard.
@Jack: Cheeto flavored lip chap! Yum. Sloppy cheeze 'n' booze flavored kisses, what could be better than that?
I'll bring the firecrackers and the birf control, just in case. Hope I don't get them mixed up, like last year. Grandpa still has no hearing in his left ear!
Submitted by snowpiece on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:32am.
TEAM WHOOOOOOOSH!
Shall we have shirts made?
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*swoon* at DWM... such a BITCH! by Jack-n-the-
LEAVE JANA ALOOOOOOOOONE!
Oh please. This is obviously a PR thing. Bitch is not suffering from bipolar - she is suffering from SNOBBINESS and BOREDOM. She is gorgeous, has a splendid career, great, healthy children, money - she married a man who could be her father for his riches and fame and lucky for her, he is about to bite the dust - what does she have to be depressed about. If she was bipolar, she would be bipolar all her life or early not - not at the age of almost 40. This is almost as ridiculous as Meredith Baxter Birney or Kelly McGillis saying at the age of 60 that they are gay and have been gay all their lives. Yeah right. Being bitter about men doesnt make you gay just as going through a slump doesnt make you clinically depressed or bipolar. Forget about what Dr.s tell you. They diagnose everyone with bipolar these days - even teenagers so they can - in cooperation with pharmaceuticals - sell the all that medication to everyone.
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Submitted by Neverevenknewhim on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:32am.
I like CZJ even more now that I know she's a little on the crazy side.
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it's like she had to do SOMETHING after that crazy attack she had on that pap....
plus, her face is looking so fresh & clean now!!
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It sounds like I'll need to be drunk, stoned and suffering from a minor concussion to deal with this fuckery. MK - November 2008