I'm single, forty-something, and bipolar. I'm a "late bloomer" as I spent most of my 20's and 30's trying to find the right meds, with time spent in hospitals and on disability. Things are finally going right for me, med-wise and otherwise. Better living through chemistry! But you have to do your part too. Meds only make life possible. They don't give you a life. This is my story of "getting a life".