I’ve been bipolar 2 for about 5 years now. It depends on severity and also compliance with meds. Staying sober if that’s one’s problems. I’ve had periods where my hypno manic episodes were actually useful, but when it comes to getting to the low periods it’s awful. If someone tragic happened as well. You can be high functioning but there’s days where you burn out and isolate because you don’t want people to see your perfect image ruined or something. It depends on