Oh, boy, can I relate to that.....I didn't want this diagnosis. I've suspected for years that I had it, but suspecting it and having it confirmed by people who know more than I do are two totally different animals.

It's strange, how humans will lie to themselves so much that they wind up believing their own bull****. For over a decade, it didn't bother me that I had "depression" listed on my medical records, because everybody and his housecat had that......it wasn't like I was "mentally ill" (read:nuts). But when doctors start throwing around the term bipolar disorder, that's crossing a line into dangerous territory. The few BP folks I'd known were street-rat crazy....I COULDN'T believe I was in the same category.

Well, reality is a gold-plated beeyotch, and like it or not, I'm seeing a shrink and taking the same meds as those "crazy" people, which is pretty humbling. BUT---I'm getting better on those meds, so maybe---just maybe---my doctors were right. And I'll bet yours are too, landskaperdan.