A very close friend of mine has been recently diagnosed Bipolar and the coincidence that this came online the very same day that he informed me is so valuable I can not thank you enough. He is in his late 50 s and has been involved in several severe accidents that have caused over 30 years of pain and problems. I think that since he has received his diagnosis he is able to accept his problems and try to deal with them. One Psychiatrist told him that his Bipolar is due to his mother being Bipolar and as you know it is not hereditary but I feel that the possibility is there....Could the fact that his mother was have a viable bearing on his recent diagnosis?