There are crappy people out there, but also good ones too. Most of the other guys I dated before my boyfriend stopped talking to me after a manic episode. My boyfriend knew I had bipolar before we even started dating because our friend told him about me. When he learned I was actually more on the schizophrenic spectrum along with my other MI he still stayed with me even though I was pretty rough around the edges and still kind of am. We've been together for 3 years.