Nobody knows this, bipolar or not. I could be hit by a car tomorrow and die and that could happen regardless of bipolar. Bipolar acts differently for everyone and everyone's circumstances make it different so that it's just impossible to guess. Going through life will at times affect your bipolar but that can go both ways, good and bad. The answer is just that it is anyone's guess how ANY life will be in a year or 5 years or a month even.