Hi, thank you for writing. I have just been diagnosed. Understand now I have been bipolar probably since my teens. I am relieved to know and it helps me to understand a lot but I also am scared and embarassed. Trying to get the meds right is freaking me out and I am kind of all over the place. My family, SO, and best friend are cool. Work is a long story, for real for no fault of mine, I am having to be very careful with everything so being up and down while figuring out what meds are for me is very frightening.