Please...

I hope your assessment that: "One is certifiably nuts" is based on more than
just his affliction with bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder, formerly known as "manic depression", is characterized by
cycling between two extremes: a high, manic state, and a low depressive
state. And these highs and lows are far more extreme than what the average
person experiences as "mood swings".

Bipolar is closer in character to a chemical imbalance that to a mental
disease. It is treated with lithium, which corrects the chemical imbalance.
And treatment with lithium is very effective as the side effects are
extremely mild; more of an annoyance than anything else. One example of the
side effects is increased frequency of urination; that's the sort of thing
we are talking about.

As so frequently occurs, when Mother Nature hands out an adversity, she also
hands out a compensation. And that's true in this case: most bipolar
sufferers have extremely high I.Q.'s.

I think it's safe to assume that most of you have figured out that I suffer
from bipolar disorder. Which means I will never (unless the Sport Pilot
license goes into effect), be able to fulfill a dream I've had my all of my
life: being able to fly an airplane. Both of my parents flew; I guess you'd
say flying is in my blood. But the FAA deems it inadvisable for me to fly an
airplane because of my bipolar disorder.

And I agree with the FAA. When I am medicated, which I have been almost
continuously since I was diagnosed, I'm fine. But when I'm not medicated,
I'm sometimes suicidal as hell. The FAA has no way of knowing whether or not
I've taken my pills every day. Therefore, the FAA's fear that I might cycle
into a depressive state and deliberately crash an airplane is quite
reasonable.

Sorry to wander off-topic; let me get back to the original observation. The
person described as "nuts" may well be so. But it's probably not a result of
his bipolar disorder. The two are very rarely connected...



"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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"John Galban" wrote in message
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"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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A good friend of mine has sold his Cherokee and is getting "training"
in
a
Bo almost as I speak. He intends to buy into a partnership with his
buddy
who is the current owner and "acting CFI."

Your friend is giving up a Cherokee in order to buy in to a
partnership with an unlicensed, bipolar partner? Does he realize the
kind of liability he's setting himself up for? There's no way the Bo
owner can get insurance to fly that plane. I think they're both nuts.

No, John, I don't think he has any idea. The bipolar guy is a dear friend
to him. They both have more money than sense.

One is certifiably nuts. The other simply does not appreciate the
magnitude
of what he is getting into.

I rest comfortably knowing that both have very goof life insurance
policies
so that their wives will be taken care of.

--
Jim Fisher