There is a blog post at the Real Mental Health website that lists celebrities who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I’m not sure the list is 100-percent accurate, since to the best of my knowledge, Britney Spears, who is on the list has never been officially diagnosed as such.

Be that as it may, I know factually that other stars who are on the list have been diagnosed. What I find interesting is the number of celebrities who appear both on this list and the famous addicts list that we have on this website. Names like Robert Downey Jr., Carrie Fisher, Patrick Kennedy, Ozzy Osbourne and Darryl Strawberry have made their way onto both lists.

It’s no secret that when people go into drug and alcohol rehab, that they many times will have a dual-diagnosis. What is interesting, though is to see just how often serious mental illnesses will lead a person into substance abuse problems in order to try to self-medicate to dull the pain of the illness.