I have been in remission for quite a while too and am experiencing a depressive episode at the moment.

It's the first one I've had since marrying my husband and he is struggling with the fact that my bipolar will never actually be cured, just be in remission. He talks in terms of when it goes away, and when I'm "all better"

Makes it really hard when I'm actually doing poorly at times and struggling to be the best I can at the time. I don't like sharing my moods with him because then the comments start about me not being "all better"