I've been learning that it can be a gift and I had no creativity before I had bipolar and bipolar has actually made me more social. I was afraid of people most of high school until I got bipolar. The thing with me is, I didn't start taking medication until about this time last year so I really have no experience with feeling totally better. My first psychiatrist gave me a lot of drugs and it really did help, but when I moved, my new psychiatrist made me get off most of them because she was worried about my health.