Not particularly...mania makes me make bad decisions...mixed feels AWFUL...depression, well, you know how that is, it sucks. Bipolar ruined my life (it showed up in my 40s). I lost pretty much everything that made me, me...and I lost my marriage...and I lost my motivation to follow my dream, that I had just spent 2 years pursuing education to do and then had a breakdown. I have had to figure out who THIS person is now...cause I am not who I used to be. I'm still searching a lot of years later.