Yeah, most of them don't seek help early so people are conditioned for a long time that them being easily irritable or in their manic state is their personality but it's just the disorder. Reminds me of a patient that is hypersexual when not treated but tends to be prim and proper when they are on medications, and they know exactly what they're doing but couldn't help it when in manic state or depressed. I say once the disorder gets treated and resolved, the real person comes out.