Adam
Ant
Not
all eating disorder suffers are female. And not all celebrity eating disorder
sufferers are female, either.
In
the 1980s, pop singer, Adam Ant rose to prominence for such hits as “Good Two
Shoes” and “Puss-N-Boots.” He was famous for his pirate style, complete with
his war painted face and a sexy swagger.
And
he also struggled with disorder.
According
to The rise and fall of Adam Ant
(telegraph.co.uk),
by James Lachno, Ant developed anorexia while living at the
parent's house of his young wife Carol Mills, eventually taking an overdose of
medicine cabinet pills.
But there was more.
He was also diagnosed
with bipolar disorder and sent to Colney Hatch mental hospital for three
months: "I was totally ****** up in the head," he later said.
This brings up the issue
of comorbidity. There can be more than one disorder, dysfunction, or
issue existing at the same time. Many times, disordered eating emanates
from or coexists with a bipolar condition.
The brain is still a
large mystery. There has been discussion about “the eating disorder brain,” as
well as Dopamine and Serotonin dysregulation within the mind’s pleasure
centers. What came first: the disordered behavior or the dysfunctional,
physiological map?
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