Medstudent, I am currently a sophomore in college, so I'm not in med school yet. Thanks for offering advice re med school and application; I might take you up on it! Lamictal was the first mood stabilizer I tried; unfortunately I had a reaction to it and had to discontinue. Then I tried tegretol, which didn't help. Wellbutrin was added to the tegretol, and eventually abilify was added to replace the tegretol. I'm not on a stimulant because I have a history of absence seizures. Abilify is supposed to help with the mood swings and mild psychosis.

Venus, I agree that obsessiveness about goals can be a part of bipolar. Once you've been hypo/manic, it's hard to settle for just mediocre goals.