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(52,199 posts)bipolar disorder is a condition that often does more harm to the people around the patient than the patient themselves.
more important, bipolar disorder is notorious for making patients non-compliant. it can take years to convince them to get help (or for them to have an episode where "the system" can force it on them), and even then, they'll often go off their meds. worse, going off meds usually puts them straight into the hypomanic phase, convincing them that they're cured and made the right decision to go off the meds. then when they go full manic or depressed, they're back in the clutches of the disease and can't see reason enough to go back on the meds.
you, on the other hand, are suffering real pain and are quite capable of benefiting from therapy. you'll be in a much better position to help sue, or at least to copy with sue, once you have gone through that adjustment.
my whole family has done this. my grandfather (long since dead) had and my younger brother has bipolar disorder. at the moment he is incommunicado and off meds, but the rest of the family is at peace with his decision and his condition.