I am unmedicated, I was diagnosed bipolar II by three people and prescribed Lithium but I never took it. I saw a nutritionist and pursues other life style options. When I am doing it it works to reign me in a lot, but it is hard to maintain. For example, if my life structure gets topsy turvy I fall really far. I am saying all of this to say that one of the reasons I did not get on the meds was because of the feat that is being discussed here. I love being high! I don't have long depressive phases, but they are brutal and I am depersonalized or derealized a lot. I also lose touch at a certain point when I am high, make crazy plans that end up crashing and burning somewhere. Each time I think, man I should just go on meds, but I am scared to lose those highs. :-/
I feel ya...