简介：Tenyearsago,inanaward-winningseries,StephenFryfirstspokeaboutlivingwithmanicdepression,andbegananationalconversationaboutmentalhealth.Adecadelater,wereturntothesubjecttounderstandwhereheandthousandsofothersdiagnosedwithbipolar(asitisnowcalled)arenow-asasociety,doweneedtodomoreforthosewiththeillness?Isthetreatmentbetter?Hasthestigmareduced? Inthenewfilm,weseehowdifferentpeopleofallagesdealwithbipolar.WemeetAlika,whosemanicepisodeontheLondonUndergroundbecameaYouTubesensation,damningevidencethatthestigmaofmentalillnessisn’tdiminishingquicklyenough;wewatchScott,achef,battlingtoholddownajobandhisroleasahusbandandfather,whosefirstattemptstocontrolhisbipolarwithmedicationresultedintheintolerableside-effectswhichthesedrugsoftenbring,butwhoiswillingtotryagaintosavehisjobandmoreimportantly,hismarriage;andRachel,whosefirstmanicepisodeatage19ledtolife-changinginjurieswhenshebelievedshecouldfly,leavingherinawheelchair,aswellaswithadiagnosisofbipolar,neitherofwhichwillsheletdefeather.AndwereturntomeetCordelia,whofeaturedintheoriginalseries,anacademichigh-achieverwho,withthesupportofherfamily,wasstrugglingtofindaplaceforherselfintheworld.Tenyearson,nowinherthirties,Cordeliaisstillbattlingwithbipolar,whichissuchadominantforceinherlifethatforheriteclipseseventheterminalcancersheisnowdyingfrom. InterviewswithStephenFrygiveaprivilegedinsightintotheroller-coasterjourneyofwhatlivingwithbipolarreallymeans–hetalksabouthissuicideattemptwhilefilminginUgandain2012;howhisbusylifestyleexacerbateshiscondition,andhisrealisationthathisconditioncan’tbecuredbutonlymanaged. StephenisnowthepresidentofMind.Lookingatthechangesofthepastdecade,hefindsoptimismintheincreasedawarenessofbipolar,especiallyamongtheyoung.Thefilmgivesapowerfulinsightintolivingwithbipolar–past,presentandmostsignificantlyforallourcontributors,future.…