Hello all,

New to these forums (I have an intro posted in the appropriate forum for the curious).

In brief, I was diagnosed with bipolar about 7 years ago, but have always managed to cope without any medication. Lately, however, I've been under a massive amount of stress and have been rapid cycling; these have been the worst episodes in about 6 years, and the stress-inducing circumstances aren't likely to go away anytime soon.

I'm wondering if anyone else out there tries to make due without medicine, and if so, if you have any tips... or is that simply an unreasonable goal when under periods of intense stress?

Thanks!