Well, there were two of us on my thread earlier who have been doing well off meds. And I think you'll find that if you look elsewhere on the internet, there are many alternatives to treating bipolar. Med free doesn't mean treatment free. Now that Trumpcare has passed, if you're a low income person you will not be able to get treatment for bipolar covered by insurance.

Having a diagnosis of bipolar does not necessarily mean that you are doomed to be on psych meds forever.

edit: ^^ for those of us unfortunately in the U.S.