I try to enjoy being who I am.... the spirituality I have experienced make a lot of being bipolar worth it, but I think I'd trade the whole thing for an even keel of emotion ... say, a 5 on the 1-10 scale. I spent years depressed and that wasn't worth the upswings. I think, however, that I was overmedicated and that's why I was depressed.

Having said all that, I wouldn't have the joy I have in my life if I hadn't had the sadness, so I'd leave things alone, as they are. If that's being happy with bipolar, sign me up.