Bipolar management

Just got back from the pdoc today. (Psychiatrist) Had an excellent apointment. I drive two hours to get there. Once one finds a good pdoc, one considers one lucky to have a good one.
I feel safe there, and it is there that I have gained the most help that I ever recieved. I know that strong words, but, when one has a mental illness, that's where one needs to be. I get to share what's going on and what has plagued me for so long. Its amazing to me how medications can change things for the better. I find myself lucky. So many do not find the right medication in the right dosage to alleviate their physical problem. So many consider mental illness to be a character wekness, or a spiritual problem. Though those things can have some overlap, true organic physical ailments that are centered in the brain can be greatly reduced by neurological meds.

I have had the most stability I have experienced in the last month as I have had since I can recall. Maybe early childhood. It's easy to start to think that this illness has gone away. That I have been magically transformed. The best outcome for continual stability is to always be vigilant and an understanding that this illness is only managed, never cured. As soon as one thinks that it is cured, one stops doing what one needed to do in the first place to stay well.
I really do not want to go down that path. I feel that I have fully accepted my cross to bear so to speak. I can walk through this for a lifetime with God's help, pdocs help, and my continual acceptance of the situation. I am really growing passion in me to help others with the same fate.