Um....if the Seroquel was working you WOULDN'T be CALLING them and begging for help. I know you are scared of Lithium, but it's a hell of a lot better than the depression. Trust me- I know!

There are other atypical antipsychotics to take for bipolar besides seroquel. SSRI drugs work well for intrusive thoughts, some docs believe in giving them along with mood stabilizers for bipolar folks.

I will say that my postpartum depression was so full of horrible, vile, violent intrusive thoughts that I thought there would never be a way out. One dose of Zoloft made them stop. I took my first dose before bed, and that night was the first in 7 months that I didn't wake up with violent nightmares. After getting up, I realized that I was free. The thoughts in my head were of brushing my teeth, not of scenes that are worse than any horror film ever dreamed of.

Of course Zoloft sent me hypomanic...but if I had mood stabilizers on board that wouldn't have happened.

PS-I'm not impressed with your pnurse. Fire her *** as soon as you find someone better.