Bipolar is not a death sentence and will not change who you already are. Rather it will give you nothing more than a name for what you are going through and allow you to move forward to receive treatment. It is something that we have to deal with and the sooner you start to deal with it the better you will feel. Bipolar can challenging, but it also can be managed. Besides you are in good company. There are a lot of people in our history and present that have made huge contributions to our world that were also bipolar.