I often feel like I'm not getting my point across to my doctor... but they seem to get my point anyway. They're trained to ask the right questions and interpret your answers correctly. Not saying they're always correct, but you're telling them more than you think when you go see them. Whenever she asks how I've been, I can really only tell her how I've been over the past few days, and not over the past couple months, when my moods went from one extreme to another a million times back and forth since the last time I was there. I don't know, it took a couple of years to get the meds and dosages right, but I think the Lamictal and Zoloft (100 mg each these days) are working for me.

Doesn't mean your mood swings ever go away... but the meds help to make them less extreme, and with therapy you learn how to deal with your emotions in a healthier way. It's a never ending process and it's often frustrating and some days you just want to give up. Right now I'm pretty positive about life, but that doesn't mean I'll never again spend a week in bed in the dark crying to myself... because that's what bipolar is. But hopefully one day you find what works for you so that the good times outnumber the bad... it's possible for all of us, really!