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"Debbie Reynolds has stated that her daughter Carrie Fisher is doing &amp;quot;much better&amp;quot; since being hospitalised last week. The Star Wars actress is said to have sought medical treatment due to suffering a bipolar episode while onboard a Caribbean cruise ship.   Fisher&amp;#039;s mother Reynolds has spoken for the first time about her daughter&amp;#039;s health issues, saying that she is recovering well. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s had manic depression bipolar since she was 13,&amp;quot; she told People. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s an illness, and she&amp;#039;s doing much better. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very proud of her, and she&amp;#039;s doing exceptionally well. She&amp;#039;ll be just fine, just great, and continue her writing as she always does.&amp;quot; The 80-year-old actress gave a lecture about mental illness at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, on Wednesday (February 27). She said: &amp;quot;[It&amp;#039;s] really dreadful, and you are so alone because you&amp;#039;re criticised, and people think you&amp;#039;re doing it on purpose, and that you&amp;#039;re misbehaving or having a spell because you want attention. It&amp;#039;s not true. It&amp;#039;s extremely difficult for everyone to deal with.&amp;quot; Carrie Fisher has spoken openly about her struggles with bipolar disorder in the past, having admitted that she occasionally undergoes electroshock therapy to treat the illness. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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