text: how do you live with someone that is bipolar? how do you live with someone that is bipolar? verrrry carefully and with a lot of patience!! lol   i guess it depends on who the bipolar person is ... you spouse, or a roommate or a parent or a child.   i am bipolar and mostly what's helped me and made it livable for those living with me, is  1) 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  2) they've let me know that they're supportive of my struggle and they're not judgmental.  it 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  if 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.  i hope this helps.