terry oggel wrote: > > Twain's manic depressiveness (now called bi-polar mood disorder, I believe) > seems to be well established. ... Now diagnosable > and treatable with drugs. Alas, for the individual that's good, to be able > to have it treated; but for the rest of humanity, much great art is lost, no > doubt. > I, too, am manic-depressive. I was treated with drugs from 1981 to 1990, and I have many friends with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses. I do not believe the drugs are good for the individual; and for the rest of humanity, more than great art is lost. Pardon the deviation from our Twain focus. larry marshburne ([log in to unmask])