he seems like a nice enough chap.

Hey Dummies,

The reason that you know 'tons of people who are bipolar who don't act like this' is because it's the new, hot overdiagnosed disorder. Read about what it means to be severely bipolar (like, before it was synonymous for moodiness), and you'll realize people like Dutch Boyd have it in a bad way.

[ ] The Crew is gonna take over the world.
[ ] Dutch Boyd pays back all his debts.
[x] Dutch Boyd is crazy.

Dummies?

You do realize this is a chemical imbalance. Its not "new" at all, and most of the girls I know that have it have been diagnosed with it for 10+ years.

Its not synonymous for moodiness, otherwise 100% of girls would have it.

And yes, there's 4 different types of it, and Dutch obviously has Bipolar 1, from the way he talks in his blogs and the way he acts. And thats the most common type, and I'd say at least half of people with bipolar have it "severe".

I've met people who've had some of the worst cases. I've worked at suicide hotlines and dealt with many people suffering with bipolar disorder. Also met a guy from my area who, during a manic episode, drove 4 hours to NYC, and spent 100,000 dollars on 5 credit cards between the nicest hotel room in the city and buying all sorts of just random crap. He was making only about 75,000/year at his job. And his life was pretty much ruined after that.... lost his family, and completely ruined his credit. And he was one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

Yes, Dutch Boyd has it badd.... but it has absolutely nothing to do with him being a complete a sshole. Thats just his personality. And btw, how can you stick up for someone who continues to get high, even though its obviously damaging his condition? The guys a moron. And anyone that defends his being an a sshole with "he has sever bipolar" is a moron too.

+infiniti

I ran into DB at the Wynn several months ago and watched him bust out of the tourney he was in. From everything I saw the OP is correct. DB is nuts.

Hey dont be so harsh, he's going to pay back his debts when he has a big tourney score!


I guess the checks are in the mail from last year?

youre a huge ***

Peoples experiences with how well their bipolar acquaintances deal with the problem don't indicate how much being bipolar affects one person, vs another. There are definitely degrees and the ones who have it the worst are pretty much hopeless. Whatever, dutch is nuts and a thief but good entertainment if you didn't get your money taken by his site. Makes me wonder how far he'd get in poker if he used his genius brain more, rather than the part of it that compels him to do very weird ****.

and LOL @ autograph request. I don't know if that's funnier than him expecting people to pay for it, but it's close.

This is not always true, and I find it surprising that somebody pursuing their masters in psychology would say this.

A someone who has completed his masters in clinical psychology Brian's statements are very ignorant. The idea that anyone who has bipolar will be fine if they take their meds is laughable. I'm also wondering why he claims there are 4 different types (unless he's going by something other than DSM criteria), I suppose you could use the bipolar spectrum to make this case but then there are basically an infinite number of types.

Without knowing dutch we can't really attribute how much of his behaviour is a result of Bipolar. I suspect though at least some of his actions are more characterlogical than AXIS I.

The comment about drugs is correct though.

heh, i don't know what to say here. Don't do drugs while your doing drugs ? Oh taxed pharmecutical "medications" are different than untaxed street "drugs" ? You know pot is one of the best medications for many symptoms ? You know pharmecutical companies pay big bux to advertise on tv and are the main advertisers behind antidrug commercials ? Why can't a natural plant be medication for symptoms ? You know why, because there's no profit in it. A master's degree isn't immune to brainwashing by TV.

Not only this, but even when they know it helps them when they take them, it can change them so much as a person (beyond controlling their mania/depression), that it is very hard for some people to stay on them. They would rather deal with the depression than the side effects, which can be frustrating to those around them, but it's hard to put yourself in their shoes.

It's well known that frequent pot smoking can bring on psychotic episodes in people who either have a strong family history of psychotic disorders or possess one themselves.

This is very true and sadly there is so much variability between individuals that trying to figure out which medications will have the least sideeffects can often take years. Just imagine taking a medications which makes you hear buzzing and shake 95% of your waking day.

Chill, it's not a conspiracy. If you wanna smoke pot, go ahead, but no need to get all indignant over this. Combining 'street' drugs like pot, cocaine, etc with meds for bipolar is not good idea. Taking street drugs if you are bipolar is not a good idea. It all depends on the person obviously, but the advice is good and doesn't come from being brainwashed; but rather from research that shows that the 'street' drugs are not a good thing for somebody with bipolar disorder.

A brain pattern altering drug no matter how mild is not the best thing for a bi-polar person. And all that other anti-corporate stuff, you've been living in B.C. too long, dude.

Dutch Boyd is nuts?

Wait, This just in.....

Richard Simmons is GAY!

More funny Dutch Boyd stories, please.
Maybe funny stuff about him will make up for a bit of the money he stole.

Why give off any tells? IMO.

First: To all you asshats who think asking him for an autograph is nuts, let me say this - I asked for an autograph. I didn't get his likeness tattooed on my ass or name my children after him. I have an absolute ****-ton of poker players autographs on the same types of cards. Some aren't even close to celebrities. They're used for decorating a poker room. If I only had Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan then the room would look sorta bare now wouldn't it.

But luckily that's not even the friggin point.

I realize he's bipolar. He openly says he's bipolar. I made the post not because I thought I was onto some ground-breaking stuff, but because I thought it was an interesting situation. I also wouldn't have posted it if the situation had occurred somewhere where Dutch had a reasonable expectation of privacy. But, since he was standing in the middle of the expo surrounded by me and a bunch of other complete strangers I think it's fine.

I don't hold it against the guy. He is, who he is. God help him if he ever makes a truly huge score. He will no doubt amaze everyone with how crazy he can go. If he won the main event, I imagine we can look forward to him having his own float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and he'll be dressed as a cowboy throwing Twinkies and slices of ham into the crowd.

Good poker player. Completely nuts.

good thinking on getting the autograph now. After this happens they'll be really expensive

"Because Everybody Pays Their Own Way"

What the ****? That's like the motto of his blog.

LMAO.

Rofl @ this, the only thing marijuana brings on is a trip to wendys.

Make fun of OP for requesting autographs if you like but there is really no excuse for this. WTF was DB thinking? If it's a joke, where's the punchline?