How do you define treatment resistance in Bipolar Disorder?  I did read this, 

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*"Most of the literature on treatment-resistant bipolar disorder is related to treatment of acute episodes of mania or depression. There is no formal universal definition of treatment resistance; proposed criteria have included a specific number of failed medication trials, incomplete or unsatisfactory response to treatment (usually determined by symptom rating scales), unsuccessful response for a specified duration of treatment, failure to respond to a phase of bipolar disorder, poor response to all medication and nonmedicinal interventions, or lack of response to only “evidence-based” (usually FDA-approved) medications for bipolar disorder.* [" Psych Times](https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/treatment-resistant-bipolar-disorder-2017)

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But I am curious, if you describe yourself as being treatment resistant, how do you define it?  What makes you think you are treatment resistant?