I'm glad your recovery team is looking after you. I have something similar here in Aus and it makes all the difference to have a co-ordinated team.

Similar to you, even though I had a dx of Bipolar, I was mis-prescribed SSRI's for 6/7 years and it utterly destroyed my life. For some Bipolars, including me, SSRI's can exascerbate the Hypomania/Mania and then of course all the rest of the Bipolar symptoms of mixed states and rapid cycling, panic and anxiety and then the shocking plunges into Major Bipolar depression - and we know where that leads. And all of this reduced my functionality from being a high functionling (although with mental illness) person to a NO FUNCTIOING person. I lost my career, my house, family and friends who couldn't deal with a person in such daily deep Bipolar depression and much more. I was taken off the SSRI's nearly two years ago with a new psychdoc and it has been an extremely slow but at least positive improvement since then. I wouldn't have made it unless I was taken off SSRI's. Please note though, that for many Bipolars, SSRI's are a must in their meds mix, but for me, they are contraindicated.