A Bi-polar expedition

Someone sent this around recently. It's a fascinating documentary about a guy with Bi-polar disorder (manic-depression). It's just amazing. This guy loves his mania so much, but what happens is just nuts.

Here's the blurb:
The extraordinary true story of millionaire businessman Paul Downes who hires a Jamaican castle and invites 12 models to join him to become his wives. What at first appeared to be an innocent fantasy rapidly becomes bewildering as Paul suffered a massive bipolar episode. He quickly loses interest in the women and what at first looked like a distorted reality show transforms into a bizarre spin on James Bond as Paul plots to take over the world. A full-blown mania has rarely been filmed and A Bipolar Expedition comes face to face with the extremes of his condition as events in Jamaica reach a crescendo.

Watch it!

For those of you interested, here is a checklist of symptoms that categorise mania. Yes, he has most of them.

Common behaviour associated with mania includes:

 increased energy
 irritability
 overactivity 
 being reckless or taking unnecessary risks (e.g. driving fast or dangerously)
 increased spending
 increased sex drive
 racing thoughts
 rapid speech 
 decreased sleep
 grandiose ideas
 hallucinations and/or delusions