Notable Individuals With Hypomanic Symptoms
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John Gartner's book The Hypomanic Edge claims notable people including Christopher Columbus, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Carnegie, Howard Zinn and Louis B. Mayer owe their innovation and drive, as well as their eccentricities, to hypomanic temperaments. Gartner suggests that the constructive behaviors associated with hypomania may contribute to bipolar disorder's evolutionary survival. Critics charge that Gartner vastly overstates his case, however. Followed in his analysis people like Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, Bill Clinton, Charlie Sheen, Rahm Emanuel and Mark Zuckerberg.
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