Yeah Berries. Write it down. You're going to be okay. You just gotta stick to a program that works for you. I can't tell you if you're MI without your meds or not. But it seems like those around you do think you are and mine mostly think I'm not except for when I point out my manic periods as well as my periods of extreme depression. Then they go, "Oh, that's what bipolar is?" But they still don't want it to be true. I don't either.
Either my meds make me more depressed and anxious or else more manic (as i am now), but that's not to say the right combo and dosage isn't out there for me, because I was this way without meds, and not nearly as happy. I think I'm doing better, but need to talk to p-doc soon.
We're in this together. Don't let go of hope.