Hi, thing to remember is that each case of Bipolar is as unique as the fingerprints we have. To try and button hole you into a "diagnosis" as BP1, BP 2 or something else.
You have to ask yourself how is BP affecting my life, both good and bad. And is the bad that bad?
Example: From me. BP affects me very bad sexually. Even with meds i still had a hard time not looking for sex. (I was married, this is bad) 
So now i am divorced, i live alone, and without the interaction of my spouse and me, i am very very stable. My meds are now cut in half, and i am doing well. For me BP was being made worse by my bad relationship. Getting out of one made the other better. Caual relationship, but the facts are the facts, i feel better, my bp is better, i need less meds, life is better.
But in taking the meds that i do, i had to give up some things. Such as a unbridaled creativity. That may be gone, but the replacement is a more controlled, and in some ways more robust creativity. It was a change, but giving up racing thoughts, not sleeping all night, and other pain in the butt bp problems was a godsend.
But you need to get alot of opinions about how this is affecting you.
bill