Wow guys, I find it really interesting that so many of us wonder about this. I wish there were a test, like some kind of brain scan or genetic test, that would definitively reveal whether or not we have bipolar disorder. That would probably help keep people on their meds. But I agree that if you have to take these meds, then there is something going on with you, whether it's bipolar or something else.

I have to remind myself sometimes of the specific ways in which the bipolar medications have helped me, because they really have. Add to that the volatile reaction I had to Zoloft, and that should pretty much settle it.