I was over emotional and finding out I was bipolar helped me realize I was not a bad person, like I had been told since elementary school. It also set me on a search to gain emotional control, through a lot of things, including health, spirituality, social skills and education.

I rode the roller coaster for so many years. I still have some gentle ups and downs, but my goal is that no one identify me as bipolar. Not because I am ashamed, but because I have not used bipolar as an excuse, but rather as a way to understand the way my mind works, and to change it. I have been about 15 years on this journey. I am not perfect, but very much different than the angry/raging/depressed/hypomanic person I used to be.