i dont want to be on meds either. i went off of the for a while (for a year and 8 months) and now i'm on just a mood stabilizer. i refuse to take anti-psychotics since i dont think being a zombie that deveolps diabetes, heart disease and all the other serious health problems that come along with the meds is a fair trade off for reducing mania.

so, i'm trying lamictal now it hasn't started working yet and probably wont for a while but hopefully it does.