Im surprised no one has brought up feeling abnormal on medications. One reason I am not on any now and refuse to be on any long term is that this "stability" thing doesn't feel normal. It gets to a point where something in my brain is being dragged down the stable road kicking and screaming, ripped apart at 100 km/hr on a leash of the medication vehicle. Like I need to be depressed or "manic" not just a little down or up, I need to have a full on crazy spell or I won't feel normal. I won't feel right so, my approach now is come crawling back in crisis if I need to but face that bipolar ***** head on.

Or in simple terms as a clinical psychologist once explained to me, people with bipolar disorder often feel restless and unsure of what to do with themselves once stable. He was going to help me with that but, I didn't like his attitude. He called me bipolar but no buddy, I'm a person with a bipolar diagnosis!