Do you ever feel that the symptoms of bipolar disorder are highly exaggerated?

For instance, people ume that if you're bipolar you suffer from extremely dramatic highs and lows in such a way that your behavior is extremely erratic. And they think that relationships with bipolar peopel are extremely volatile and woudl result in the person screaming at you, and then saying that they love you later. But how many of you honestly have bipolar disorder and it really ISN'T THAT BAD? How many of you experience the occasional highs and lows but you live a pretty stable life with no drama? How many of you actually use the bipolar experience to enhance yoru creativity or experience a wider range of emotions that are perfectly beneficial to artistic or writing endeavors?