Well I have seen my psychiatrist twice since this first was brought up. The first meeting was difficult and I felt that he misunderstood a lot of what has been happening he last 2.5 years that I've beeen seeing him. However, I saw him yesterday and it went better. I told him I needed to be less passive, take advantage of he times when my symptoms aren't severe and just push through. Because there will always likely be symptoms I have to just live with them. I told him I need to do more, get a job and finally get out of my house, part time work in conjunction with my disability income will be enough to survive on my own. And I made it clear, or at least I hope I did, that significant progress has been made since I began seeing him (I won't site all th examples I gave) and that I would have left long ago had I thought it would be any other way, had I thought progress was out of reach with him.
I also said that about late 2009 until early 2011 I went through a period where after a significant bipolar episode I just let the depression envelope me and I didn't take action. I, like the past few months, just became enervated by all the symptoms. 9 months, 20 months, even 5 or 6, I wouldn't have been able to carry out a job. But the last few months I should have been. So that is my plan. Get a job, be less passive, get my ED under control and continue with my doctor and my therapist. I told him I would meet with my county health and human services dept still, to see if they would be a worthwhile resource. That is next week. I told him I was leaning towards not going that route, but I would check it out nonetheless.

Thanks everyone for your support.