A recent search engine query that brought someone to these shores:
bipolar coming in handy for moving
I'm going to call you Dan, Dan from Minneapolis. Dan, I can't speak for everybody who's bipolar--which hasn't always stopped me from trying--but I can say that if you get your bipolar friend (who we'll call Steve) to help you move during a hypomanic state, he might be of more help than usual. (Which might not be saying much.) He likely won't need sleep, and possibly not as much food. He might even be one of the really gregarious manic types, and in a weak moment offer to help you move from the seventh floor of one building to the fourth floor of another for nothing.
Be sure to get that in writing, though, since Steve probably won't stay like that for very long. A big upswing, and before you know it your electronics are being chucked out the window to gory deaths seven floors down. A big downswing, and you're moving all by yourself for the rest of the day.
Overall, I'd say it's not worth it. If you're looking for moving help, I'd avoid bipolar folks at all costs.
(If the four of you in State College who are moving this summer read this, welcome! And I hope you take my advice to heart...)
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