Re: (TV) The Weird World of Richard Lloyd

[Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com>]

I hope nothing I wrote suggests that I feel otherwise, Rex. I too know a couple of people with bipolar disorder, one of whom
manages it quite well with medication (though the meds have other
complications). The other is someone I mostly hear about indirectly,
and it sounds like things are more erratic with her. I'm in no way passing judgment on Richard, or insulting or mocking him. I talked about his bipolar disorder because it gives some perspective on his past and present behavior, from his earlier addiction (perhaps self-medicating) to his behavior on recent tours.

- Jesse

Rex wrote:

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks for posting the article, Andy.
>
> > Like many people with bipolar disorder, he pissed away many chances at
> success by self-medicating with drugs and alcohol.
>
> Is this the first public acknowledgment of Richard's bipolar disorder? Some
> time ago, after both hearing about and witnessing Richard's strange behavior
> on tour and after he missed the Television Central Park show, I was told by
> someone who's one-and-a-half degrees from Richard that he was almost
> certainly bipolar, but I didn't mention it to the list because it seemed
> gossipy and perhaps private.


He's calling his upcoming tour "The Bipolar Tour", so there's that.

The condition has a wide range of severity, but it can be managed.  Several
people close to me deal with it and get by very well indeed; it helps to
have a competent, highly involved and responsive doctor, and maybe even
moreso close friends or partners willing to help and be honest.  I wish
Richard the very best.

- -Rex
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