My dad and sister both have bipolar, so I've gotten used to explaining that bipolar doesn't make someone crazy. My family never hurt me. Life at home was different, but I am a perfectly fine person and I've spent my whole life around two people with bipolar and they mean the world to me.

Yeah I'm bipolar, so thanks. Been through and caused an equal amount of s**t, and yes I am unstable. But we're not all undateable nutjobs. My partner stood by me for the last 10 years, and he helps me calm the storm that sometimes rages in my head or my heart. But I like to believe that I make his life better too. We have 2 beautiful kids, and we try to teach them to be loving, considerate and patient. Not easy when sometimes you're a total mess, and other times you feel like Supermom with a capital S. But don't call us crazy, seriously.

I have dealt with more than my share of people who have been diagnosed as being bipolar. It is one of the risks of being a foster parent and a mental-health therapist. Like a mental disorders, bipolar symptoms can range from the easily tolerable to the insanely violent. Sometimes, you can get the whole range of symptoms in just one individual and that is the danger when dealing with bipolar individuals. A person who normally seems bright, cheerful, and charming, for awhile, can sometimes slip into an unreasonable rage when severely stressed. And even if you aren't the one who is causing the stress, the bipolar individual can take out their rage on you as you may be the only target available. At the present time, there are no magic pills for bipolar disorder. Finding an effective treatment is hit-or-miss at best and the effectiveness may diminish over time. Therefore, if you know a person is bipolar, and you want to have a relationship, do your research first.

The comments about biploar at the end are absolute garbage. Talk about manufactured outrage. Anyone with a brain knows that dating someone facing serious struggles can be a very bad idea. It isn't for everyone, and shaming this guy WHEN HE ALMOST GOT MURDERED is just low.

I thought this was a really good story! I don't fault him for saying that he thinks its a bad idea to date someone who is bipolar. In his experience, it is.

I once dated a bipolar guy and will never do it again. While it lasted, it was really okay. The 4 months after were the worst experience of my life. I feel for every person out there who suffers from it, I have friends and family members with depression, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses and am happy to have them and being able to be there for them, but I will never again date a bipolar guy. That was too traumatic. So I can kinda relate to the guy, real or not.

What does the pizza tracker have to do with anything other than being a neat framing device? The delivery guy would have got there at the same time regardless.

Don't date bipolar, unless you are sure you have Alejandro to save you.

Ya I'm schizoaffective so I imagine s**t and have a hard time with my emotions. One time I thought this girl was the devil and pushed her out of my room. Another time I was hallucinating that my bf was cheating on me and almost threw a rock through a window, us mental people pretty much need a chill environment and medication I hope someday gene editing can take out the disabilities of the world

People with bipolar are NOT violent people! They are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators themselves. Her mental illness has nothing to do with her very serious other problems she obviously has.

I have a sister who is bipolar. He never said all bipolar folks act that way, just his ex girlfriend. My sister is absolutely toxic most of the time and ruined all family relationship with her. I get it.

I have compassion for people who suffer from mental illness. I myself suffer from depression. But I also see his need to end a relationship that involves stalking and violence. People stay in these relationships sometimes because of a fear of leaving, and what might happen. When one person does not want to continue with the relationship, it can trigger this kind of behavior. The ill person is feeling abandoned and desperate. On the other hand, he feared for his life. I'm glad he was ok, and I hope she was able to get the care that she needed.

So this is what bored panda has lowered itself to advertising pizza using made up stories

God f*****g damn it bored panda!!!! This is just a huge commercial add for Dominos pizza! I doubt that it's even real, everybody is engaging in an allegedly unrelated topic and Dominos pizza are the heroes... F**K YOU! for the shoving adds down our throats and f**k dominos as well!!!

Thank god he ordered pizza online that night :/ That sounds absolutely terrifying. I know all about the dangers of bipolar disorder. I had two brothers suffering from type 1 and type 2 of bipolar disorder. One is no longer with us anymore sadly, he had many demons, but I loved him deeply, but he was dangerous at times. One time He nearly killed me and our other siblings in his car during a moment of suicidal urges. I managed to calm him down but I never let him drive me anywhere again. The other brother is still alive, but is so messed up, and very dangerous a lot of the time, I no longer have anything to do with him because he is just out of control and always lieing and causing problems. He once attacked me with a hockey stick and knocked me out cold. It is a difficult place for everyone when you have someone in your life struggling with being bipolar.

Yeah, bipolar can be bad if it's untreated but the thing to do isn't "whoops, they're crazy, time to go". Please let's not generalize that way, it doesn't help anyone.

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This person thinks Domino's and Pizza Hut pizzas are good, so he lost me from the get-go (before even getting into his anti-bipolar rant)

Dumb story, probably fake to get free pizza from Domino's. With or without the app it would have ended the same way (if it wasnt fake) Btw, bipolar people aren't undateable!

I have an ex boyfriend who is bipolar. He never took medication for his condition and he was very abusive. If medication is not taken, bipolar people do become psycho.

People need to calm down and realize someone who’s bipolar almost killer this guy so he’s probably a little bias about bipolar people. You guys need to calm down and look at the whole picture

We need more of this. This is the stuff I come here for.

I hate you for saying that. Did the fact that she was sick have anything to do with the story? No. You're just increasing the stigma towards mentally sick people. I'm bipolar, have never tried to hurt anyone, yet I have a crippling fear of getting close to anyone because of people like you that fuels stigma towards someone who has an illness, something that we can't control. Would you tell people to stay away from people with a broken arm? Or a leg? It's not their fault that they can't properly use their arm/leg. Would you call someone diabetic a danger to people because they carry around sharp needles with insulin and could potentially stab someone in the eye with it? I'd like to think no. It's not get fault to be sick, or mine. It's an chemical imbalance in the brain. Something we were born with and/or have developed throughout our upbringing due to abuse or mistreatment. If you want to blame anyone to being dangerous, blame yourself. There is a reason for high suicide rate of bp's.

I agree that bipolar people are not necessarily violent if they stick to the treatment plan. I don't know why that woman was like that, but it doesn't have to be because of her illness. Mentally ill people can be mean and violent for reasons that have nothing to do with their illness. In fact most people with mental illnesses are more likely to be attacked by chronically normal people than the other way around. A lot of this stuff is just prejudice.

*eats pizza with domino's guy and cops while ex girlfriend gets arrested*

The company should recognize him with a better position. He deserves it. I hope they get to know this.

I once had a bipolar girlfriend. After she moved out, I found that she had hidden my missing chef's knife under the couch cushions. What was she planning?

I had a bi-polar with a side of narcissist parent that nobody tried to help (couldn't) or stop(wouldn't). I get it.

I once dated a bipolar man who refused to take his meds and oh boy, I understand the crazy with the high and loooow- I have stable bi-polar friends and they wont go out when they are adjusting their meds. Good job for staying cool and Alejandro is a hero.

Maybe his encounter with bi-polar is one person. So 100 per cent for him. This is why education and awareness are two key factors, he is getting demonized for demonizing yet he may not simply know. Go dominos!