Psychiatrists go with the meds, meds, meds, and rarely discuss changes in the diet that are very likely a large part of the mood swings and depression, especially .

I had to get pro-active in my care before things really began to resolve. One of the
biggest helpful effects for me is recognizing when I am becoming agitated, irritable, or having bouts of insomnia. Two lemons, squeezed into 8 oz of water help that.
(If it hasn't worked in 4 hours, repeat the process; that should alleviate the strong
agitation and irritability, as well as insomnia, for some. (There's a rational reason
for use of the lemon, but that's a subject for another time. Right now, you need help.)

Recently, the work of Dr. David Williams called Wheat Belly offers a way to help
the symptoms of bipolar illness (that and Omega 3 fatty acids). That book is really an eye-opener about the effects that wheat has on our systems, including mood swings, depression, insomnia, etc. It just goes on and on. When we get sick enough from the meds, then it's time to do some serious thinking on our own about how to improve our physical well-being. (It isn't just wheat; it's barley, rye, and possibly oats--any grain
with gluten in it. It is the gluten, in part, that does a number on us.)

This illness can be virtually arrested by care of another type--meaning the diet changes that alter moods and mood swings.

No alcohol, please. Watch the intake of caffeine if you are sensitive to it. If you are, cut it out of your diet--that means no soda pops, coffee, tea, chocolate, or anything else containing caffeine. Cut way back on wheat; if you can, eliminate it altogether.
(The quality of your nutrition is not diminished by removing wheat from your diet; you may easily supplement by adding raw nuts, seeds, green vegetables to supplant the
vitamins and minerals contained in wheat.)

The best thing I can offer is to ask that you read Wheat Belly. If that doesn't change your mind about diet and its effects on mood swings, migraine headaches,
weight gain, sky-rocketing blood glucose levels, nothing will.

Take care of yourselves--meds treat the symptoms; they don't get to the cause.
Diet changes might help to do that.

Feel better soon.