I too feel that I cannot get any help. I was diagnosed in 1992 at the age of 16 with manic depression (long ago term). Since then, I have been off and on different antidepressants but no one would consider it was not plain depression. I ended up in a mental hospital this past January and diagnosed (again) with Bipolar I. I have been given Vivactil, Lexapro, Effexor (which is what landed me in the hospital) before January. From the hospital stay on I was given 900 mg Eskalith, 200mg Lamictal and Cymbalta which was eventually changed to 300 mg Wellbutrin. My Dr. has never checked my lithium levels (6 months now) and she never asks me how I'm doing. I have cancelled the last 2 visits and gotten off all meds except 150mg Wellbutrin (why? I don't know). I feel terrible! No one will help me and I've lost all friends I ever had. My husband thinks by ignoring the situation it will all go away. I keep telling him the only thing that will go away is me. I feel that no one cares and I cannot get any help either.