I have not had any experience with people with this situation, but I guess if you are honest right from the start you might still enjoy the mingling, intimacy and everything a non-lasting relationship might bring...

If you keep the bipolar under good control, great things can happen. What I’ve observed in the friends, family, and ex-partners I’ve had with bipolar: the ones who meet it head on, take full responsibility for their mental health, and take their meds/do therapy/etc do well and have a healthy life, including love life. Those who are not vigilant with meds or treatment such as therapy, who go off the rails as a result and get into very dark places...don’t do well. They cause incredible damage to themselves and others. In my family I currently have two members who are exact opposites: my kids’ stepmom who has been married to my kids’ dad for 25 years, runs 3 miles three times a week, does yoga, etc; very balanced. Then I have a cousin age 31. She has once again gone off her meds, quit therapy, and is using drugs. Nobody knows where or how she’s living, her grandmother(my first cousin) has her 18-month old son—the FOURTH child she has abandoned. We worry for her, but if she chooses drugs, what can we do?

Bottom line, it’s your life, and it’s up to you. Don’t give up!

There's no need to doom yourself to failure. Enjoy the thrill of the chase while it lasts.

Welcome and enjy and explore

Welcome

As long as you are taking steps to manage and deal with your bipolar and are not seeking a woman or partnership to fix what is "wrong" with you, ya should be fine.

I have several friends on the spectrum. A healthy relationship for you might not look like a typical relationship, but don't let that get in your way.

Hard to say what waits around the corner.

Keep looking. What you had wasn’t what you wanted. She’s out there looking for you. Spread yourself out further. Lots of people have bipolar and they take care of it. Don’t let that be a deterrent.

maybe there's one somewhere for you

keep looking.