Hey Laura in answer to your question: I don't question my every emotion, I don't try and dx my every human experience as a fricken symptom. If I'm happy, then dammit I'm happy, and I enjoy it If I'm aggro, I just am, and hide until it dissipates. Also, I ACCEPT my moodstate, and ACCEPT that it will change soon, wether I like it or not. I don't go 'oh there's my bp again'... everybody has emotions, everybody has moodswings of some kind, why must I question EVERY feeling? Doing that got me nowhere, I was constantly second guessing myself, and struggling more than EVER. Also, I REFUSE to think of myself as 'ill', meds or no meds, that's WAY too negative for my wellbeing. Do amputees say 'oh I'm legless' no! They're disabled/ differently abled. I'm differently abled, and meds will probly be a wheelchair, or supplement to assist me. Yes, I have to watch for red flags, I have to be vigilant about triggers, but I am NOT defeated. Bipolar does NOT rule me, there is WAY more to me than bipolar.