My husband and I both live with BP-II.
He is much, much more responsive to meds and has been very stable for several years. It can be trying if we are both depressed at the same time. It can be fun if we are both hypomanic at the same time. Expensive, too. We now have a mutual agreement of no impulsive buying, no matter what.

Do any of your parents or siblings have MI diagnoses or problems with alcohol?