Good night.  I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2 a year ago.  I took pills for a few months, then quit.  Furthermore, I thought it was good without them.  I doubted the doctor's diagnosis, I thought that it was just mood swings, that this was the norm.  then went back to the doctor and dropped the pills again.  I've been living without them for almost six months now.  But I began to notice depressive phases behind me (bad sleep, desire to isolate, sensitivity, sharp bad mood) and mania (very fast thoughts, making a bunch of plans in notebooks, emotionality, desire to take on everything, self-confidence).  But I still do not seriously believe in my diagnosis.  Is it possible that I don't have bipolar disorder?  can you live without pills? Thanks for answers!