Oh, you are thinking just like me! I've been feeling quite "normal" lately that I question my diagnosis. I am even on disability for it and I feel like I am taking advantage of the benefits that I don't deserve. I feel like I've really pulled it off, to win disability.
And I enjoy my manias and they don't usually cause me trouble, so like you say, why not go off meds? I'll deal with the depressions after the mania.

But then my hubby knocks some sense into me and says he KNOWS I need meds. He'll tell me that I was just depressed 2 weeks ago for 3 days. Really?? I don't remember. But after reading my journal, he was right.

Do you keep a journal or a mood chart? It's a good way to track moods.
I like to look back at my journals from previos years to see how I was a year ago and I often get a kick out of it.

So, you are not the only one who feels this way about the drugs.