Last year I started catching up with a guy I knew 20 years ago. We started dating. I had mentioned that I had bipolar and he knew a little bit about it and wasn't fussed. One month into our relationship I suddenly fell into a deep depression, required hospitalisation and had ECT. I was depressed in total 2 months the I suddenly went hypomanic. Not once throughout this did he stop supporting me. I was amazed. We are still together and things are going well. I guess some people are just plain judgemental and some are more open and compassionate.