Do most people even know what it is?

Some think they're bothering me by tossing around the fact that my doctor diagnosed me with this. It's simply a "mood disorder" that is pretty easily controlled with medications. Even without, for me, it just means I might get into a bad mood, without reason, at any time. Or maybe get depressed every now and again without reason. He said my brain never stops working, even when I rest, and this is what causes anxiety after awhile.

Other notables that have had bipolar, and to show how "bad" of a thing it is:

Patrick Kennedy
Patty Duke
Jane Pauley
Carrie Fisher
Axl Rose
Linda Hamilton
Sting
Vivien Leigh
Burgess Meredith
Ben Stiller
Peter Gabriel
Ted Turner
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Winston Churchill
Charles Dickens
Ralph Waldo Emerson

And the list goes on and on...