Thanks for the advice... I really appreciate it and I can tell that I'm going to fit in really well here. I can't post a link to my blog yet, but I've been writing it since before my diagnosis, and if you read back, you'll probably recognize a lot of the symptoms that I haven't seen since recently. I did read Less than Crazy: Living fully with Bipolar II and found it very informative (I love to read). I'll have to check out the other books suggested. Also, knossos13, I see a psychotherapist once a week, and starting last week, also see a marriage counselor (this has taken a great toll on our marriage, unfortunately). I wouldn't be able to function without therapy... I was thrilled when my therapist got "parody" (is that what it's called?) that said that my condition was biological.

Here's my med history:

-Started Zoloft 50mg for PPD after my daughter was born (4 years ago)
-Switched to Wellburtrin, then Lexapro, then back to Zoloft
-Zoloft dose kept going up and up till I was at 150 and even that wasn't doing the trick... still really depressed but irritable and sometimes almost manic
-psychiatric NP put thought it was because the Zoloft was too high and diagnosed me with ADHD and switched me to Prozac
-Prozac 80mg gave me the same symptoms (manic) as the Zoloft and I was STILL depressed.
-Went to another psychiatric NP and she was the one to diagnose me with Bipolar II and started me on Lamictal (now up to 100mg) and Zoloft 50mg.
-I was almost suicidal after two weeks of the Lamictal and Zoloft, so she added Abilify 2mg.

Two weeks after starting Abilify, I was feeling pretty good, so she told me she'd see me in six weeks. That was two weeks ago, and I'm feeling like crap again.