of the issue is necessary. At the administrative hearing Plaintiff testified that he has been unable to obtain treatment consistently because he lacks insurance or other means to pay for such. (Tr. 215-20). Plaintiff also reported that one of the reasons he has often not sought treatment was because he “don’t want to” and that he only recently “accepted” that he suffers from manic depression. (Tr. 214, 220). These latter statements by Plaintiff are significant given that one of the symptoms of bi-polar disorder is that the sufferer often fails to discern or acknowledge the existence of the illness and, therefore, declines or fails to recognize the need for treatment. See American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 401 (4th ed.2000) (<HOLDING>); Bipolar Disorder, available at
holding that it may not recognizing that sufferers of bipolar disorder may not view their symptoms as pathological holding that certain veniremen had been improperly excluded because they acknowledged that their views of the death penalty might affect their deliberations but only to the extent that they would view their task with greater gravity holding that a plaintiff may not assert claims based on statements she did not view recognizing that states may establish procedural rules governing litigation in their own courts