I cannot do strict anything. Sucks the joy right out of my life. The most I can manage is make sure I get 2 hrs sleep and a monthly B12 shot.

See this is how I figure it:

Trying to stifle my bipolar with meds and whatnot, just stifled me too. I'm irratic, volatile, irrational and lots more at times. Trying to make myself sleep 8hrs and think and feel how others perceive I should was a noose round my oh so buraful caramel neck.

So now I honestly just go with it.
I go with my swings, with episodes, and with my (reasonable) wants. No more "oh I can't / shouldn't, bcoz I'm bp" screw that! life is for the bloody living.

I refuse to choke myself to death with this label.
And yes for the "I have bipolar" group, this model / lifestyle isn't a problem, they have a condition they need to treat, and this suites them...

Me, I am bipolar, its part of who I am, and I need to live in a way that makes allowances for that. Whatever I decide that "way" may be...

Not sure if this all made sense, listening to an old FOB album on MAX volume in my ears., kinda distracted atm..