Started seeing a new pdoc (actually a nurse practitioner), and he has decided after two visits and with consultation with the hospital (I was briefly hospitalized last month) that I possibly have bipolar type 2. Now, I don't really see it because I thought that my mood swings were all explainable, and not random. But now that I think about it, I do feel low quite a bit. Does anyone with bipolar type 2 feel low constantly and have trouble with energy especially getting motivated to go out and do social things? There are times though where I do feel speeded up but not that much. Anyway, he decided to put me on Depakote, at 1000mg per night. I decided just to take 500mg for a week to try it out, and it doesn't seem to do much when I get a bunch of ideas and thoughts at night. I'm having a hard time sleeping because of that, at least getting to sleep. I'm going to try the recommended dose now, to see if it makes a difference.