It truly is a punch to the guts when you digest the fact that bipolar doesn't lessen, and it doesn't go away. Studies are still undecided on whether bipolar is degenerative or not.

But at the end of the day, now you know. I wish I would have known 30yrs earlier and got a heads up before I blew opportunities, marriages and money fumbling through life like I was snakebit, wondering why in hades I was so scared of prosperity. So now you set -realistic expectations- for yourself...perhaps choosing an easier life path through gently rolling hills instead of the fecking Matterhorn everybody else wants you to climb.

Unipolars have a really really hard time understanding and having empathy for people afflicted with bipolar. Some family and friends may turn toxic to you. Some others might not walk life's road with you very far.

It'll be ok. Its gonna be different, but its gonna be ok.