I feel better on the meds I'm on now lithium and seroquel. What I've found interesting though is I feel better on these 2 meds then the 5 or 6 I used to take at one time.

My new pdoc uses an approach that I like. He starts me on a very low dosage of medication and tells me to slowly increase the dosage until I feel the effect. The goal being to feel better with as little medication as possible. I'm on a small almost sub-therapeutic level of lithium because anymore than this and I feel tired and cloudy all the time.

If you don't feel yourself it might be the type or amount of medication you are taking. Personally I also find exercise and low caffeine/sugar diet helpful.

What I still hate though is most medication does an amazing job at controlling mania but no so good job at depression. It leaves you depressed most of the time with no mania in between to cheer you up.