If you date someone who knows about mental illness (is appropriately educated), there should be no problem if you are being treated. I understand there’s a stigma, however: if my partner is ever really going to "make it through" life with me, and my symptoms, shouldn’t we be straight with each other, and totally honest? Why wouldn't she want to know? Wouldn't she care that I had told her something REALLY NIMPORTANT about myself? The first thing on my online dating profile says is: "I'm Bipolar." That's because I AM. And that's never going to change (unless future people invent some way to actually alter your brain). It's who I am. Right down to the core of my soul, I am Biploar, and not afraid to say so to anyone. I don't think you should hide it. Ever. How are you going to get someone to love you, if you are too afraid to LOVE YOUR DISABILITY. BECAUSE YOU ARE A PERSON WHO DESERVES LOVE. From yourself, and others.