CW : Story of suicidal thoughts and kind of self harm too.
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I too got diagnosed in the last few years with Bipolar with hypomania after I also did a test for ADD which was positive. I've struggled with suicidal thoughts since my teenage years but I knew that if I just waited it out, it would pass and I'd gain that sweet new will to live and a boost to my self esteem with it.
But yeah I had typical depressed stuff, isolating, dropping everything and projects I had started and missing while days too. I've started with Aripriprazole too but I was getting some morbid thoughts racing in my head too and that kind of stopped using antipsychotics. But as other have noted, get a second opinion if you can, you know yourself better than anyone after all.
I have a very small dose of Abilify that I take along Bupropion to "boost" the effect of the later and so far so good. I feel more energetic with it where I was more or less catatonic before and the effect was quick to act.
I hope you don't lose that light on the horizon!