Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for "mood disorder"

[MADem]

60. Well, this is DU.

You're not going to stop conjecture - way too many of us (and count me among them) like to speculate, guess, pretend-bet, or suppose. Armchair quarterbacking is just one of many delights here.

I have no problem with anyone speculating, I just get a bit exorcised with the "faking it" crowd, or the people making fun of the guy, or the stigmatizing. It's a medical condition--you go, you get medicine, you manage that condition. It's a more manageable condition than many with primarily physical components, in many cases.

Then, there's the rumor-mongering. Can't stop that, either. There's a rumor going around that the poor guy tried to off himself--if that's not a situation that requires hospitalization, that isn't "faking it," that isn't "trying to avoid the FBI," I dunno what is.

He's got good insurance; hopefully he's got a good primary care physician who will put him in the care of good specialists, too.