Great question

I was dxed a little over 4 yrs ago.

The most important thing for me so what I would say is...

Bipolar is different in everybody and the DSM doesn't even begin to cover it. Don't over analyze everything about you and your life and try to DSM it and compare it etc. Figure out how YOUR bipolar works.

Second. Don't get too caught up in explaining and describing how Bipolar feels to the normals. They can't understand. Understanding is the most helpful thing so....

Number three come HERE