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I would get a second opinion ASAP just for peace of mind for your parents if nothing else. If you do go off meds, consistent therapy and exercise, a healthy diet, and good sleep hygiene will be key (easier said than done, I know).
Depending on your diet and how much sunlight you get, you may want to look into supplementing with Vitamin D & K, Magnesium, Zinc, and high EPA fish oil.
Modafinil wouldn't be an everyday, long-term solution but I find that it does help reduce depressive symptoms and make me at least slightly more functional. It may be worth mentioning to your pdoc, assuming you haven't already tried it and the side effects are bearable.
These two books have both helped me quite a bit and I highly recommend them.
Bipolar, Not So Much and The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder
I know two guys who wrote a book meant to answer your questions.
https://www.amazon.com/Bipolar-Not-Much-Understanding-Depression/dp/0393711749
http://library1.org/_ads/CD91110C733FEDF41FD221F4E5F346D8
https://www.reddit.com/r/bipolar/comments/bk3c44/books_and_websites_for_bipolar_cognitive_therapy/
I read all of it. You just need to pick a goal and go full david motherfcking goggins and you are prime for it. You are the most ready for Goggins as I have ever seen a person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2CojhzG0aU
You could be misdiagnosed. Read the DSM 5 and all of those textbooks that they make your pdoc read, then you can make your own assessment.
Good luck
stay hard
Don't be discouraged. Harder done then said but all is not lost. My BF has been working on his PhD in Physics for some time now (I think 10yrs?) and is finally getting to his dissertation. It hasn't been an easy road but I'd say it's been worth the rollercoaster. Recently I found this book and it has made a big difference in things. He learned things he didn't know (imagine that haha) and because of it I feel like we have a path to "control" and being healthy.
Sometimes when things seem world shattering and horrible it's really something that was needed. Now you have an opportunity to reevaluate your life goals, likes dislikes, what actually makes you happy.
My BF is 31 now so don't worry about how old you are and where you feel like you should be in life. Everyone is different, be sure to give yourself a break for what you're going through.
My psychologist always said "consider your circumstances and you'll see that you're really not doing bad". Little goals add up and they make big goals that much closer.