Depends on the person and their commitment to wellness.

Do you find ways to make light of your bipolar? Like jokes to lessen the discomfort?
Ex. My boyfriend and I always joke about how people toss around the term "bipolar". It used to really upset me that people say that about EVERYONE who is moody or kind of wacky. Or to describe someone they just couldnt get along with. So we took it back. If one of us or someone we see is acting wacky, crazy, upset, etc, we just say "must be bipolar" in the silliest voice we can muster.It's one of our daily jokes, and now it rolls off my back.