[Monkey Pills]

What is the BEST and WORST you find about being diagnosed with Bipolar disorder?

EXAMPLE:

Best (learning what you would and wouldn't regret about what you wouldn't normally do).

Worst (loosing friends).

[Anneinside]

Best - finally getting the correct type of drugs, like mood stabilizer
Worst - learning I had a life-long disorder

[blossom12]

I cant identify with stating a best or good thing for my disorder, but I have learned a lot about myself and am much more empathetic and insightful into others than I might have otherwise been.
The worst- making a lot of poor choices, embarassing myself and others, losing relationships.

[SunAngel]

Best: Found out why I was feeling the way I was feeling, and it had a name. I was relieved to get the diagnosis because it explained so much as to why I was feeling like I was feeling, and doing what I was doing.

Worst: Unable to hold down a job.

[BuggsBunny]

Best: Getting diagnosed early so I didn't have to go thru wrong meds and years of misdiagnoses.

Worst: Discovering I would be like this the rest of my life.

[Rosie23]

Best is having an explanation for why I was always up and down and now I have meds that mostly help with that.

Worst is being nervous when you are in a position to reveal your diagnosis.

[hanners]

Best - the hypomania.

Worst - the depression.

[moremi]

Im pretty much with hanners on this. Best is when im hypo, that amazing feeling.
Worst, my deep dark depressions.

[Tsunamisurfer]

The best: huge enthusiasm with a wide emotional range full of colour
The worst: doubting my own ability to judge situations correctly

[AniManiac]

Best: realizing that a lot of crazy stuff I did wasn't entirely my fault and getting on meds that have really helped
Worst: learning that this is a lifelong condition that will probably involve mental degradation over time

[Secretum]

best-realizing that I'm not alone in this. Learning that I had a disorder that could be treated, and that I wasn't a "defective" person.

worst-discovering that I'll likely deal with depression on and off for my entire life.

[zbmom]

Best-Finding out that there is a reason for my moods and my challenges with coping and that meds could help

Worst-Finding out that I have a life long disorder and need meds to function.

[Mikita6630]

best: finally realizing that im not crazy and what i have been feeling can be treated
worst: that it has taken years to find this out and that i am 40 year old and it has taken until now to find this out.....and i am still not stable

[tcmoon52]

Best: Getting corectly DX'd at 43. Finally finding a good med combo at 50. The burst of energy I get every few weeks, only lasts 1 to 2 days.
Worst: The severe depressions, knowing something terrible was wrong with me, not being able to explain it to any medical professional for over 25 years, where they could understand it and help me.