You certainly have a good attitude about all this. Wish I'd been as optimistic when I started out with treatment. But I was completely in shock about my dx, and only fully came to terms with it in the past couple of months.

Now that I'm finally well, I look back at the odyssey I've been on and realize that it's an amazing journey toward authenticity. I know who I am, and am OK with it even though it would've been nice to NOT have bipolar! At least I'm real and I don't have to try to fake it anymore......what you see is what you get, warts and all.

Best of luck to you on your own journey. I think you're going to be all right.