First of all try to avoid sharing sensitive personal problems which will affect our family reputation. Now let me come to the point. For five years I didn't believe that I had bipolar. I suffered the extreme mood swings and couldn't hold a job. I just thought that I was a ‘slacker/ shirker’. Eventually I ended up in the mental hospital for the second and third time, having had four total manic episodes. However, I did last for two years without medication and without hospitalization.
