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Johnny Manziel is searching for a comeback, says he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder

Johnny Manziel is hoping to return to the NFL, he said in a sit-down interview with Good Morning America.

In the interview, the former Heisman winner and Browns QB also said he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is currently taking medication as he works towards an NFL comeback.

Manziel told GMA he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder “about a year ago.” He also said that he’s stopped drinking, and that he used alcohol as a way of “self-medicating” his depression.

“At the end of the day I can’t help that my wires are a little bit differently crossed than yours, I can’t help my mental makeup of the way that I was created,” Manziel said in the interview.