Even when he was nationally famous in the 1850s he resembled a clerk in a third-rate brokerage house, with slips of paper—marked-up proofs perhaps—hanging out of his pockets or stuck in his hat.
Drugs known as mood stabilizers have proved effective at controlling the manic phase of the illness, but treating the depressive phase is more problematic.
"The evidence is good that most personality traits can be altered," says Christopher Peterson, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, who cites himself as an example.
What researchers proved from this study is that these alcoholic energy drinks are far more risky and dangerous than the regular risk of drinking alcohol.