text: Verrrry carefully and with a lot of patience!! lol  \nI guess it depends on WHO the bipolar person is ... you spouse, or a roommate or a parent or a child.  \nI am bipolar and mostly what's helped me and made it livable for those living with me, is \n1) they make sure I don't stop taking my meds (bipolar ppl are usually fine as long as they take their meds; sometimes they stop because the meds can make you feel a little blah) and \n2) they've let me know that they're supportive of my struggle and they're not judgmental.\n\nIt depends a little on how their behaviour manifests.  Lots of bipolar ppl go on spending sprees while manic; others just can't shut up and are bouncin' off the walls.  That would be me! lol  If I shopped as much as I talk, I'd be in a perpetual state of bankruptcy! lol\n\nIf you're just starting to live with someone who's bipolar, you should sit down and have a very truthful, all cards on the table, kind of conversatino about what you expect of eachother and what you are, and are NOT, prepared to do.\n\nI hope this helps.