I had a period where I wasn't good at all about taking my meds and I pretty much went totally manic. My doctor told me if I didn't improve in a month's time we would have to "discuss" hospitilization. My husband told me that he would go with me and tell her I needed to go. She increased the Lamictal and added Ativan, which helped quite a bit. I remember to take my meds but started having auditory hallucinations and had a crazy visual one several weeks back. Last night my auditory hallucination was hearing someone vomit--I kept checking on my kids thinking I was hearing them. I finally asked my husband if he was hearing it, he told me no and we agreed that's the strangest one yet.

You may need meds changed or added on. My doc has added on Seroquel. I'm only on 25 mg. now but am upping it to 50 mg. probably Friday night since I don't have to be up at 6 the next day. I tried lithium but had zero response to it, which my psych doc said really surprised her. Depakote was the first thing they put me on. It was great at controlling the bipolar but it also made me shake so bad I looked like I had Parkinson's and it made my hair start falling out. Don't be afraid to try meds based on what other people have experienced or what side effects are listed. They impact everybody differently. I've heard bad things about Lamictal but I've had zero side effects except for some nausea when my dosage is increased.