I know you dont feel lucky now but you are .Many people with bipolar never get help and alot of them end up homeless and become lost souls and know one cares .My bipolar is just is just like yours and yes hearing and seeing things as well .I was even removed form my own house which I worked my *** to buy by CYS (Children and youth) told me that being bipolar was unsafe for my kids to be around me .Which is ******** but I found out later that this happens alot to people with bipolar its just one of many way they streotype us.

All i can tell you is that now that you know you can work on controlling it . Its up to you .Sometimes it great to be manic to be happy for know reason at all i love it..So here a trick I take mostly meds for my Dep. I take no mood stabilizer and the meds. I take meds. as needed for my manic . Doctor ok this

The only people who can understand you are other people with bipolar so its good you got a friend .