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Mayo Clinic: Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for bipolar disorder
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro ^ | August 13, 2012 1:36PM | Staff and Wire Reports

Posted on 08/13/2012 1:48:55 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

The Mayo Clinic said Monday that U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is under treatment there for the condition.

Jackson has been hospitalized at the Rochester, Minn., center and absent from Congress since June 10.

He’s been suffering from massive depression and gastrointestinal issues, a likely complication from a risky weight-loss surgery known as a “duodenal switch.”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bipolar; blago; bringoutthehellmans; dementalillness; gastricbypass; illinois; jackson; jesse; jessejacksonjr; jjj; jjjbipolar; mayoclinic; mentalillness; minnesota
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1 posted on 08/13/2012 1:48:59 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

What will they do for his stupidity?


2 posted on 08/13/2012 1:56:28 PM PDT by albie
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

That corrupt slimeball creep’s like a ping-pong ball in zero gravity, annoying as a squirrel on a slippery birdfeeder pole in the backyard, and as criminal as his old man. I won’t say any more, since b-p is a serious disease.


3 posted on 08/13/2012 1:57:14 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie & stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
a treatable condition that affects parts of the brain controlling emotion, thought and drive and is most likely caused by a complex set of genetic and environmental factors.

Genetic and environmental, huh. What say you, papa Jessie? Ship him off to the Palin's for a few weeks and that should fix the emotion, thought and drive. And somehow his gastric bypass from 8 years ago is causing this problem today? While there might be some truth in there, as a whole it doesn't pass the smell test.

4 posted on 08/13/2012 1:58:39 PM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

He MAY have bipolar disorder;m however, it is possible that he has a co-morbidity with “Imafraidofgoingtojail-itis”. Actually, the whole family should be in prison.


5 posted on 08/13/2012 2:01:54 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

So the kid is a wanna be Sharpton.

He had no problem going to Spain last year when the MOOCH missy was there. I guess he didn’t get what he wanted - some recognition.

It’s years of his father pushing him to be just like him and buying and opening doors for easy entry. He so thought ‘barry’s old seat’ was his. What a downer!!


6 posted on 08/13/2012 2:02:25 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: bgill

He MAY have bipolar disorder; however, it is possible that he has a co-morbidity with “Imafraidofgoingtojail-itis”. Actually, the whole family should be in prison.


7 posted on 08/13/2012 2:02:46 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

He kept vacillating between the “cretin” pole and the “insanely stupid” pole.


8 posted on 08/13/2012 2:03:42 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

I read where he was diagnosed with a syndrome called FOP. Fear of Prison....cause they have caught his ass red handed.


9 posted on 08/13/2012 2:04:06 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter (Ia)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

bi-polar can be controlled with medication and phycological help. The person has to remain treated for the rest of their life. I have never heard of it being caused anything other than genetics. It’s nothing ever to be ashamed of. Most people who are bi polar are quite smart. It is a chemical brain change. They do have to take their medication faithfully and receive doctor help; they should be fine.


10 posted on 08/13/2012 2:05:11 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: bgill

That’s it! Off to the Palin Camp - the frontier where you hunt and fish for your own food. No silver plate and others to wait on you. Force to rely on ONEself.


11 posted on 08/13/2012 2:06:28 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: carriage_hill

Yes, Bi-polar is serious but he’s been out of the limelight for over two months and has to have the Mayo issue lame reports instead of doing it himself. Uh, no, I don’t think so. He’s either in rehab, a psych ward or similar.


12 posted on 08/13/2012 2:06:35 PM PDT by bgill
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

with all of the privacy laws that surround medical information, how is the Mayo clinic releasing this? Did the family authorize the release in order to quell speculation?


13 posted on 08/13/2012 2:07:16 PM PDT by pie_eater
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The first thing that came to mind was "Liberalism is a mental disorder".....
14 posted on 08/13/2012 2:08:57 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
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To: albie

And, is it heredity?


15 posted on 08/13/2012 2:09:14 PM PDT by Bitsy
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

It’s not” bi polar” it’s “buy senate seat” disease.

Those voices that he’s hearing in his head belong to the Ethics Committee.


16 posted on 08/13/2012 2:11:43 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (On November 6, 2012" I Will Have Made It" when I Vote Barry OUT !)
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To: freekitty

“bi-polar can be controlled with medication and phycological help. The person has to remain treated for the rest of their life. I have never heard of it being caused anything other than genetics. It’s nothing ever to be ashamed of. Most people who are bi polar are quite smart. It is a chemical brain change. They do have to take their medication faithfully and receive doctor help; they should be fine.”

I doubt they should be in politics, because they aren’t guaranteed to be “fine” as you say.

My sister has been diagnosed and treated for decades, seems “fine” most of the time, but is not always “fine” as in when she threatens suicide if slightly upset.


17 posted on 08/13/2012 2:11:57 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Jackson needs to resign.

(For the children...)

18 posted on 08/13/2012 2:12:22 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bgill

I think you’re probably right.


19 posted on 08/13/2012 2:15:05 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie & stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Advising a client to check in for “bipolar” is a classic defense lawyer tactic.Perhaps junior is anticipating the day when this country has a *real* Attorney General.


20 posted on 08/13/2012 2:19:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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