Thanks everyone! Grizmom - yes, that's it. I usually just enter a drug I don't know into google and it'll ususally come up with the active ingredient. That's the irritation living in South Africa - most meds I have never heard of, or others have never of what I'm on.

Vickie - thanks for that, it was really special!

I take the sodium valporate at night; strength is 200 (I think it's mg) and only been on it for a little over a month.
Been on anti-dep's for just over a year - initially it was citalopram, but I didn't get on too well with the side effects. I was up to 20mg/day.
Now I take Edronax (Reboxetine) which is only 4mg/day. I'm just not sure if it really is helping, except I'm glad I haven't had any side effects - how would I really know if it was effective? I used to be on both citalopram and reboxetine, so now I'm on a VERY low dose.
Then I take Benzo (alprazolam) as and when I need, up to 1.5mg/day

Yesterday I woke up VERY aggressive, I know I mostly out of line. Then in the late afternoon I felt myself crashing and by the time I got home I had a beer and a glass of wine, which helped take the edge off me. I've also noticed that I tend to be a lot more relaxed at home, as opposed to being at work.

How often would you phone your p-doc while trying to get the meds cocktail right? I thought I was doing OK, and I saw my new p-doc twice, as well as had plenty of chats over the phone. Now she's given me a repeat script because I thought I was OK with the meds we worked out, and wanted to try them for a longer while. But on second thoughts, I'm just not sure anymore...?

When going through these "mania" phases - which only tend to last about 1 day, I also drive like a maniac, and play my music really loud.

My sleep is a disaster, usually too much, but I dream a whole lot, and wake up still exhausted. I hold down a 8-5 job, so sleeping 12 hours on a Friday/Saturday is crazy.