I'm am also (imaginary, apparently) type II bipolar. Other posters' experiences mirror my own...it is very helpful for leveling out the cycling, which is the worst part of bp in my opinion. The hardest thing I find in dealing with the unstable mood is that it is almost impossible to know what cycle you are in when you are in it. Cannabis seems to break through this somehow and allows me to recognize if I'm acting like an ass, or sliding into a depressive cycle, or whatever; and take steps to deal. No other meds I've found can do this.

Most people are pretty much ignorant of their own mental/emotional nature. So they tend to blame their emotional lapses on other people, or their circumstances to keep the fantasy alive that they are in total control of their mind, because they Fear.

and Fear is the mind-killer.