it caused a robotic personality in my husband. he had no empathy...

You must not be bipolar. You have no clue what its like or how its treated. You really don't know what you are talking about. We have no choice but to take medication as a preventative measure. Bipolar is a fatal disease. We are unable to control thoughts, feelings, moods. It is a dabilitating disease and no one should be tortured like this. We use the medication to supplement chemicals in our bodies that don't happen naturally. It is about quality of life. You can't go on feeling depressed day in day out without getting completely sick of it and bored with your own dismal thoughts. I just got tired of the lack of energy and lack of enthusiasm in anything. You can't judge us unless you are one of us. It is also a characteristic of bipolar to be promiscuous. I know this first hand and of course i regret most of these situations.