So, I found out I'm bipolar...

I had suspected for a long time but the diagnosis was only made this past year. It changes something but maybe it shouldn't. I now think of myself as crazy. I have a fear that people will find out and label me as crazy - undependable, out of control, unpredictable. But I'm not any of these things. I take daily medication to avoid being these things. If I can remember each day to take my pills then everything should be all right, right? Not really. I may introduce myself and say I'm bipolar. But I don't then add, "It's OK, I took my pills today." No, you get that look and people want to leave off talking to you. No matter how open-minded someone considers themselves, they think twice about communicating with a crazy person. They are embaressed and unsure how to react. They feel you are trying to lay a problem on them and they don't want the responsibility. I can't think of any way to change this but by continuing to introduce myself as bipolar. Maybe people will stop thinking they have to react.

Maybe I could make myself a spokesperson for being bipolar.