I'm backwards from one of the other posts- Abilify made me feel like a zombie, with no emotions, and I drooled in my sleep. Seroquel made my heart race and made me dizzy, until my doctor put me on the extended release. Now I'm doing great, and feel almost "normal".

The Seroquel and Abilify are mood stabilizers/anti-psychotics, but Wellbutrin I'm pretty sure is simply an anti-depressant. I've read some places that anti-depresssants can be harmful for bipolar, though if your depressions are way worse than your manias (Bipolar II), sometimes the doctor will put you on a combination of the two. Years ago I tried Wellbutrin, and it did absolutely nothing.

Everyone responds to medication differently. Unfortunately, psychotropics are a trial-and-error process. I really wish the pharmaceutical companies would stop advertising to patients. We may know our own moods better than the doctors, but we don't know the medicines as well as the doctor does (until after we've tried them). The commercials show these happy, smiling people and try to convince us to pressure our doctors for something that may not be right for us.

Tell your doctor of all of your symptoms in detail, and any effects of medicines you have tried, then let the doctor prescribe. I hope for you that the next one you try is the right one for you, but also remember that mood disorders are never cured, and you still may have some "sick" days, even if the medicine is working. Good luck.