Professionals usually ask us right after they learn we're bipolar if we are medicated. After we say "yes" they take a sigh of relieve and say "good". That annoys me. My husband is very open about his diagnosis but he's also a "if they don't like me **** them" type of personality. He is also very open because mental health issues have caused some serious tragedies in his family. He hopes if he's open about it more people will ask for help when they need it. Me on the other hand only tell close friends, close family, and the people I rely on to take care of my son for spur of the moment issues.

I would rather people think it is worse than treat it like a non-issue, like most do with depression. Usually I don't have an issue with people learning I'm bipolar because by the time they learn my dx my behavior is marked off as "Oh, that's just how (my name) is". I did however have to tell my husband to start saying "I" instead of "we" because I'm not comfortable with strangers and acquaintances knowing.