What's the point ?

How about improving your life, like a lot.

I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 in my early 50's.

When I got the medication dialed in, I was like "Fuck! People live like this their whole lives!?"

It was like I had been living inside a tumble dryer, and now I was looking in from the outside.

I recently had ADD added to the mix. We are still working on the meds and dosage, but having experienced the life changing power of a dialed in med, I'm beyond expectant and hopeful.

Just my two cents. I was diagnosed at 9, and on medication for a few years (some kind of patch on my arm). I then was off meds from like 13 to 27. I got back on meds last year, and it has been life-changing, quite literally.

Sure, I was "functional" without them. I could hold down a job, have good relationships, remember to exercise, whatever.

But everything is so, so much easier with medication than without. I'm on a low dose of Adderall and fluoxetine (for gad), nothing crazy. Social interaction is much better than before, and I'm much happier, and massively more productive.