To be honest, I don't really know. I got my diagnosis years ago, and was never really told much about it. That's thanks to the not-so-great UK mental health system. I have read some stuff, but not much. It always amazes me how much Americans in particular know about their own illnesses. Maybe 80% of the BP jargon on here I don't understand. I can only talk about BP in layman's terms. I guess I should start reading about it again. It would help me. But I don't want to get too obsessed with it. I don't want it to become more of my life than it already is.