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Charlie Sheen sets up bipolar awareness week

Actor Charlie Sheen blows kisses towards fans as he arrives for a sentencing hearing at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colorado August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Actor Charlie Sheen blows kisses towards fans as he arrives for a sentencing hearing at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colorado August 2, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking

By Lindsay Powers

Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:39pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a series of new Tweets, Charlie Sheen has announced that he is organizing a bipolar awareness walk in Toronto Friday evening.

He has asked fans to meet him at his Ritz Carlton hotel and walk with him 1.2 miles to Toronto's Massey Hall, where he performed to mixed reviews Thursday night and is set to take the stage again tonight.

"Stop the Stigma!! Bipolar Awareness Walk!! Please join me at 6pm at the Ritz tonight! Raise Money! Raise Awareness! #BIPOLAR #BIWINNING," read one message.

Sheen Tweeted that he plans to take donations for the Canadian group OBAD, the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders, is "matching all donations $ for $"

A rep for the actor tells THR: "Charlie wants to bring awareness to bipolar and he has lined up with OBAD to do this walk. And it was totally his idea."

A Sheen pal tells THR the walk has nothing to do with actress Catherine Zeta-Jones' announcement this week that she has sought treatment for the disorder.

Sheen has denied having bipolar disorder. When ABC News' Andrea Channing asked him about rumors last month, he said that he is "bi-winning." He admitted that his brain is "maybe not from this particular terrestrial realm."

The Sheen insider tells THR that the actor is just "really passionate" and a "hoot."

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)
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Comments (5)
PANCHITO6284 wrote:
This Moron will do absolutely ANYTHING to get media coverage!
Loooosing! :-(

Apr 15, 2011 3:20pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
TyroneJ wrote:
Poor Charlie. He’s a poster boy for bipolar disorder, in that he’s a classic case following a classic trajectory.

A few words Charlie needs to learn:

Eskalith, Lithobid, Lithonate, Lithotabs, Abilify (aripiprazole), Clozaril (clozapine), Geodon (ziprasidone), Risperdal (risperidone), Saphris (asenapine), Seroquel (quetiapine), Zyprexa (olanzapine), Diltiazem, Nifedipine, Nimodipine, and Verapamil

Apr 15, 2011 3:39pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
plunket76 wrote:
I thought bipolar was for bi-losers? What a sellout. And James Dean would never have “smoked” an e-cigarette. Jimmy Dean, either.

Apr 15, 2011 3:40pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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