I've met a few other people in my life who have had bipolar. Just a few, really. (And most of them from my family. )And none of them, would I consider "mean" or having a bad attitude. At least not on a constant basis. We all have our moments where we can say incredibly hurtful things, whether we intend them to be hurtful or not. This just kind of happens and something that we all have to deal with.

The few others that I have known have actually been some of the most generous, caring and giving individuals that I have ever known. Or maybe that's just because I can relate to them so much.

The ONE that could even remotely have been construed as having a bad attitude was my grandmother. (Not diagnosed, but I know enough to know that she probably DID have it.) But on the few occasions that I was actually allowed to see her, she was actually quite nice to me.