My mother is undiagnosed bipolar. She has mood swings from depression to mania where she sleeps only 2-3 hours and is irritable and angry most of the time. I feel bad for her. I wish she took medication but she absolutely refuses to admit she has a problem. She does not work and is thinking at her age-80's of becoming a best-selling author although she does not write that well. She has a tendency to be on the grandiose side. I used to think it was a curse to have a mother like her but when I became ill, it all made sense to me. She chose her path. I am choosing mine now and could not be happier.