So, let me get this straight. I suffer through three years of deep depression in exchange for 6 weeks or hyper-activity (not mania and brought on I think by the meds) and this is considered normal? Why the hell should I even bother to go on? I have always held out hope that eventually the right combination of meds and/or therapy would eventually let me return to what I was like before all of this started. If this is my new normal I certainly don't want it.