If her therapist also agreed with it... is the t playing the lies along the illness?

Melissa... I know the situation sucks, but don't make any rush decisions before you do some research. It IS possible to manage bipolar without meds,but if you still need to work with someone on monitoring your moods,learning your coping skills... so on. The change of better does not happen over night... can you find another pdoc which would be more reasonable?

also... quitting cold turkey is a bad idea... withdrawal is really hard for some.