When I was diagnosed I was relieved to find out why I was feeling the way I was. I got an answer to all my feelings and thoughts.

You have to embrace your diagnosis, no matter how difficult it is so you can get the proper treatment.

With one pdoc, I did deny my diagnosis and was questioning it. When I was really manic, I told him that I just wasn't depressed and I was NOT bipolar. I went of my meds., had a psychotic break and then I embraced my diagnosis and went back on my meds.