I guess I am trying to salvage my identity in the middle of everything. I dont want to lose that as well. I guess I land on I have bipolar, for now..., more in the perspective of Mountainbard.
Although I must say that the perspective that Trippin2.0 has, is an interesting one. Never thought of it like that. It is certainly something to consider!
My journey has taken me down a path I never imagined before I got sick, and I must explore different perspectives, to make me cope.
In my family, several people have BP, both extended family, as well as my close family (my brother also has BP, and like me he was diagnosed mid-life). But it is not one way to deal with things I guess, not even in a "BP-family" like mine...