I felt I had to respond:

"you can't will yourself out of bipolar, just like you cannot will yourself out of cancer". Actually, you cannot get through cancer if you give up. I don't see this statement as giving up. It's saying you need help, support, and possibly medication to survive.

But if you are struggling... maybe you could consider. Occasionally this can be triggering especially when struggling, even when you know you deep down made the right choice. Psychdrugs are mind altering substances I don't think anyone takes psychdrugs lightly because they do work on the brain. It still stings a little for me because my son requires an AP to survive. We have spent (and continue to spend) thousands on different alternative treatments. please don't medicate "I hate my life, my job and my husband... but proper girls don't complain". You can't medicate out of situations so psych meds will not anyway. I don't think it's that offensive to say bipolar is better then dying of malaria or cholera or whatever scary disease we only read about here. I really do not feel you can compare MI to dying of physical/situation diseases. It downplays both.

I really do appreciate your advice though. It gives me ideas to use on top of all the others treatments we use.