this is a great artickle and I certainly agree with the being more creative bit

I always fancied being creative, but before diagnoses, I wrote a charlie and the chocolate factory in 3 d thing (it was all I could come up with), which wasn't that good, and to be honest, didn't make that much sense- it was the same characters from the book experiencing the chocolate factory in a virtual computer game- a bit rubbish

but after diagnoses I got lots more creative. I started with poems about what it's like to have mental illness, (from shadows to eluminations always being my favorite of those)

first story was actually a series called libberty street, about these kids on a street who just didn't behave- and the last one, liberty street bank robbery, they were all grown up and stole the cash to go to vegas

a lot of my other stories are family orientated too- and I really enjoyed working on christmas in orlando (I'm thinking about a sequel, written by one of the main characters who was involved in a crash)

I also agree strongly with the finding people that care and understand.

I'm not sure that bipolar led me here, (seeing as I have other illnesses too, and would have ended up on this site, bipolar or not), but it does help I am. lol

not sure about being stronger though. I certainly don't feel like a stronger person