My diagnosis came as a relief to me. There were finally some answers to my mental state and actions.

I have been in and out of hospitals, traded therapists/psychiatrists, different cocktails of meds.

It took me over 15 years to get stable.

An important distinction you should remind yourself - You are a person with bipolar, not a bipolar person.

The meds make you foggy and exhausted in the beginning, but if you stick with them and figure out which ones work for you, it is life changing.