“Elon Musk Is a Highly Creative Individual, but I Worry He Has Bipolar”, 2022-05-05 (; backlinks):
Elon Musk is a highly creative individual, but I worry he has bipolar. I myself have bipolar, and his actions and things he’s said in the past seem to indicate he might have it too. He seems be in a manic phase at the moment. (He’s actually said once that he thinks he might have it).
If he doesn’t have psychotic phases and his bipolar is not so strong, he can be a high performance individual but I think it’s something he will eventually have to take a look at.
[sekh60:] I had no idea he once stated he thinks he might have it. I’ve always presumed he had it based on his twitter posts. I have schizoaffective disorder, bipolar subtype, and his behavior matches low-key bipolar very well.
Yep. I think if you’ve had bipolar his behavior is so familiar it’s hard to believe he doesn’t have any of it. It definitely feels like what I had before I had my first “breakout” like I said—hypomania at least.
…his current tweet storm has included IMO a lot of juvenile type stuff. He also seems to be tweeting more than usual.—this matches with the impulsivity you’d feel in a manic phase. You’re also full of dopamine so you feel like you “can do anything”. This can lead to irresponsible behavior and grandiose dreams that you feel “are totally possible”.—it’s possible he has a low-grade bipolar type mood swings. I had something like bipolar, but not quite, before I had my first psychotic episode. Very high highs and very low lows. Same as he’s described. I’m not sure if you can live your entire life this way, but it’s possible that it is and he’s a case. His behavior certainly reminds me of my own previous to my outbreak.—one of the things that destroys you with bipolar and that they warn you about is compulsive buying. Your impulsive behavior + money is the worst aspect of even a low manic phase, since you can easily blow all your money very quickly.
Looking at his purchase of Twitter, his prolific tweeting, the way he’s acting in those tweets (juvenile, impulsive) he really really reminds me of someone in a low-grade manic phase.
In a manic phase you are pumped full of absurd amounts of dopamine, so you have tremendous energy, you think you can do anything, you can fall into impulsive buying, and you are so led by impulse you can do a lot of irresponsible behavior.
Him purchasing Twitter reminds me of people who buy boats/homes in mania essentially. He doesn’t seem to have a master plan that I’ve heard about to turn it around. Even if he does have a master plan, his behavior suggests mania to me.
Like I already said I can’t diagnose anyone, but his behavior is so familiar I can’t help but wonder.