I think it's normal to doubt it. Sometimes I would think to myself, "How could I be bipolar? I don't race around spending all of our money. I don't become like my mother-in-law cleaning machine during mania, or sleep all day in depression."

Well, being on the forum has taught me that bipolar is like a snowflake. We all may be snowflakes, but we're all a little bit different.

I haven't told my family and it's been four years now. I just don't really see the need to tell people who won't care anyway.