Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown Talk Bipolar Disorder
In an issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown talk with Jamie Foster Brown about their lives.
In the article, Brown discusses a variety of issues including having learning and mood disorders his entire life. He also mentions that the couple is undergoing marriage counseling, and that they are trying to have another child.
Brown says that he knew they needed help when the police were called to break up a domestic dispute at their Atlanta home during the Christmas holidays. He also says that the couple had a fight after Whitney tried to force him to take his bipolar disorder medication.
In the article Bobby says:
"When I was younger, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, so I know that bipolar and ADD is basically the same thing."
"When I checked into Betty Ford I was wondering what was wrong with me. I was trying to figure out why was I going through these different changes. I mean, I could be happy one moment and then the next minute I'm like angry. Totally. Full of fire and rage. And I didn't know what was wrong. I went to the doctor and they talked to me and they did all these tests on my brain and on my mental stability and they came up with the diagnosis that I'm bipolar."
Brown says that he decided to switch medications and is on one that is better for him and relaxes him.
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Lisa Angelettie, M.S.W., is a psychotherapist, writer, and speaker. She has been helping clients with all types of life issues since 1998. She is the Founder and Director of http://GirlShrink.com, a site that offers expert online advice, counseling and coaching for women on a variety of issues such as relationships, mental health and more. To read more free articles like this, visit: http://girlshrink.com/better_choices.html
