Imagine that researchers found a cure for BP

Yay for SZA/BP!

We are so delusional.

no.

all ready lost so much in my life, that curing 1 illness of about 4 that i all ready have would mean absolutely nothing to me

if things were diffrent, and bp was the only thing in my way, then sure, maybe

but no. researchers can keep their cure away from me

It's a lie..... bp doesn't make u more creative..a fallacy to make a disease that robs ppl look more romantic than it is

I know a ton of creative ppl....no bp and are successful
I know a ton of interesting exceptional ppl without bp

BP has only held me back.

You are not YOU because of bp

I am intense and dark creative....that is me not the bp
The bp is what has ruined my mind and made it more difficult for me to pursue creative endeavors

Bp has led to bad choices and craziness and too much time in the hospital manic. If I smell hospital sheets now ...I gag

Bp....the crippling depression
The psychotic episode that seemed to have damaged my brain permanent. On and on

Take it! Away! Please!

Soooo, are you saying you've had bad experiences? I kid, I kid of course.
I definitely don't get creative whatsoever, so I don't have that "trait." My sister is hella creative and does not have bp as well.
But no, bipolar does not make me who I am. It is just a part of me. A disorder I live with. I have different challenges that others don't and that's what makes me unique. Just like every one else is in their own way. Not the disorder itself. That's all.
It's just how I deal with it that makes the experience different for everyone.

i'm not sure.

i used to struggle with writers block- and that's stuff to write in my journal, poetry, stories, what ever

bp seemed to have helped with my writers block (though maybe that's also because i now have stuff to write about)

BP has also made it difficult for me to actually do creative things, but not doing things creatively or being creative. That I am the way I am at the core, how I use my memory and senses and maintain and change beliefs, causes me to be naturally creative. But not skilled in creative things per se, particularly.

It is me at the core, not to the core. But if seeing it as a disease helps you to deal with it, you'd probably better see it like that. It's rather arbitrary for many (endogenous) diseases and on top of that, quite subjective for mental "illnesses".

It's not a lie to not see it as a disease. I just don't think it will ever be possible to separate the BP from yourself.

Sign me up now!!! I've lost years to suicidal ideation. I don't have that many years left--make them happy please.

Definitely yes! This would by a "no brainer" decision for me. LOL Seriously though, I would definitely go through with it.

Where do I sign??? In a nano second.

I have CPTSD with Psychotic Features and would ask desperately that that be taken too - and all that knowing that there are unspecified risks. I'm happy to bear the risks.

I've had the suicidal ideation for years and years and also nearly didn't make it as a result several years ago. It's as serious as that for me. I have lost everything and everyone I have ever loved due to my own mental illnesses and those of others who would harm me. I had an amazing creative career, and yes, especially because I was young, I could channel my mania into work successfully. But those days are long gone and while I have little manias, I present more with daily grinding s# depression.

I am profoundly isolated on the disability pension because I am so terrified of people harming me - and that's not just paranoia, terrible harm has actually been done to me. I can't work and am heading toward poverty and homelessness.

ECT could happen for me for all these exact same reasons. I am prepared to accept the risks. I have been co-operatively seeing psychiatrists for 14 years and psychologists for eight. I'm treatment resistant.

Bring it on.

The answer to my question would be dependent on my mood at the time the situation arose. I'm super hypo in a mostly good way. Right now, I would not ever attempt this for various reasons which correlate strongly to way I'm experiencing life right now.

Ask me when I'm mixed or depressed and I'd do it in a heart beat.

When I'm stable, oddly enough I think my answer would still fluctuate based on certain factors going on at the time.