I felt a lot of relief mostly. It made sense and I was glad I could start putting pieces back together but that's the tough part. I was diagnosed 6 months ago and since then had a serious hypo episode where I messed up a lot of stuff in my life, went off meds, and denied having bipolar. Now, I'm back with it, trying to find the right meds and getting talk therapy, charting my moods when I'm not too lazy. I think I'm still trying to come to grips with it. It's such a huge thing to accept and it's hard.