abe
i dont know if there is a "getting over it". i have been diagnosed a long time and i am still angry about it and cry over it, feeling like i have a life sentence. One thing you can change in your thinking is when you say "i get angry for no reason, or i cry for no reason" ....you have a reason...you are bipolar, mentally ill...that is the reason. I used to think it came out of nowhere. it made me feel powerless. but there is a reason. something is wrong with the chemicals in my brain. i finally had to get on meds after years and years and years of unsuccessfully trying to fight it in many other ways. i finally had to accept that i was powerless over this illness.it totally took me out. so after a couple of years i found the right meds for me and now life is stable. I have never known the peace i have today. i have been stable for nearly two years. but am i over it? i dont think i will ever be over it because i want a life without drugs. so i just live life one day at a time and try not to think about it. and when i do, i remember what life was like without drugs and that is just to scary to go back to. so its about enjoying what you have in the now. being grateful for the good times. and praying the meds keep working so you dont go back to hell.