I wish people were more informed too. I shouldn't have to feel afraid of telling people I'm bipolar. Way too many people I know would judge me or suddenly think of me differently. Last month while hypomanic I briefly mentioned being bipolar to a guy I didn't know very well for some reason, and from then on he basically acted as though he was entitled to know everything about my medication and treatment because it could affect him. Nothing more annoying than someone claiming they've "experienced your mania first hand" because you happened to hit the enter button a little earlier than usual after each sentence you typed to him on skype, and therefore ruined a song he was listening to with skype notifications.