Could Sirius have been bipolar? Re: Depression and Harry in OotP -- Information

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 110822

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
 > In OOTP he was tied down and restrained and all that restless 
energy had nowhere to go and so it had an adverse effect on his 
personality.  He was in a major pout all through the first half of 
the book; after that he became even more reckless to the point 
where keeping up a good facade in front of Harry fell to the 
wayside.<

But Sirius doesn't seem either stir-crazy or depressed in his floo 
conversation with Harry about James. Harry doesn't notice 
anything off about his godfather's appearance, and while Sirius 
wants to rush off to the school and have a word with Snape, he's 
dissuaded from doing so easily enough. Sirius may not fit the 
clinical description of bipolar disorder, (and after all, Jo isn't a 
psychologist either). But  I just wonder if we (and Harry) are off 
the track in trying to find external reasons for Sirius's mood 
swings.

Pippin