Anyone tried therapy?

In short psychotherapy helps you develop coping skills and helps you understand why you think the way you do.

yeah, kind of. Psychiatrists prescribe drugs to help, therapists help you understand your moods and emotions as a result of the chemical imbalance that is bipolar. I did see a therapist for a while, but stopped going when I was what I thought was stable - but actually was probably me being hypomanic, and thinking I was fixed, so she was no use to me. Also, I didn't really relate to her so maybe it's worth putting the effort in finding someone who really understands what you're about. Good Luck

Thanks for such good advice everyone
Time to start therapy, but I think that I need to find one who has worked with bipolars

My therapist doesn't specialize in bipolar or eating disorder she does like crisis treatment. It works out best for me because she's willing to work with me no matter where I'm at.

I am a little scared of starting.
I just don't want to hear the "snap out of it" sort or crap

Have no fear, that's the opposite of a T's job description

I was down right rageful at my therapist when I started I was so scared. recently she commented how much less angry I was. I had to admit she met me when I was in an irritated hypomania and I'm nice to people I know.

So, how do you begin? Do they ask you why you are doing this?

I am generally a quiet person, so how does the T get this started.

I would not really even know how to begin because I am not really too sure
why I need to go to a T, but somehow inside I know that I do need to go

So, how do you begin? Do they ask you why you are doing this?

So we introduced ourselves on the way in. When we sat down her first question was " So why does your file say psychosis? "

I was as confused as she was after a 4 hour intake my file wasn't completed. we got through the rest of intake. We talked about my complete and utter fear of the mental health systems, hospitals and distain for medication, Why my other therapists hadn't worked out, Why I was there and what I wanted from it. We went over an event/mood/ thought chart which she completely lost me on. I had to research it and make my own.

I got tired of her asking Why I was there, when my bipolar started and wrote a 7+ typed history of my life.