Devil, I have fibro too and I feel the fibro has ruined my quality of life more drastically than bipolar. They both suck, but the constant chronic pain and sickness is a 24/7 365 sort of thing. Bipolar has more breaks and sometimes it's pleasant for me since I'm one of the lucky ones who gets inflated self esteem and euphoria. I once thought I was going to become a famous singer and be discovered by talent agents because I posted myself singing (poorly) on Facebook. I felt famous for awhile and that was fun.....till the crash and resulting embarrassment occurred.