I did not seek help till I was long passed 50. My bipolar appeared in the teens, but i did not consider myself a psychic, and pushed on ever since. Quite successfully.
But the last 5-10 years I have felt so tired of life - to much work with coping, for a long time.
I have much fun, challenges that I can meet, good colleages, physically fit and so on.
Worth living for.
But untreated bipolar has taken its toll.