In his autobiography, My Story - which made him pounds 3million - he has confessed to suffering bulimia, obsessive compulsive disorder and a type of
hypermania.
Following the birth of his first child Noah he endured periods of
hypermania and depression resulting in tireless lyric writing as he found an outlet for his personal demons and vented some spleen on the state of the world in which we live.
Youngstrom described research using the GBI, a 73-item instrument that assesses depression,
hypermania, and biphasic symptoms.
At the time of the incident, he was suffering from
hypermania and had a history of mental illness, the court was told.
The court was earlier told the singer had a history of mental illness and had been suffering from
hypermania.
The diagnosis was
hypermania which, according to a specialist, is a not uncommon illness, responsible for mood swings and related to depression.
She said that he was mistaken in believing Miss Turbitt was the woman and added he suffers from mental health problems including
hypermania and delusions.
An alcoholic, Brian suffers from an illness called
hypermania, which causes the sufferer to indulge in irrational and excessive behaviour.