I have been asked this before and wasnt really sure. Now though that I have had bipolar for awhile. I feel that I am bipolar. Whether I like to believe it or not, bipolar does effect every aspect of my life. One day this may change but since I have been diagnosed 3 years ago I have been on a rollercoaster that hasnt stopped. Every thought, feeling and everything is pushed and pulled by bipolar. I can spend weeks on the couch in a severe depression contemplating my life and spring one day from the couch and run around like a chicken with its head cut off happier then a cat covering up poo, spending money like a fool.