Edited: Oh wow! I thought I was posting in the "bipolar daily check-in" but posted that in here instead!! Sorry!!

To the OP: The waiting game DOES suck.

What do you do for self-care though? What sort of coping skills have you been learning? It's hard, but you can teach yourself different things and find ways to help manage and control your symptoms on your own, without anyone else's help. Even if something seems like it SHOULD be simple, it can be a challenge for us and you can work towards managing it (ie.. taking a shower. When I'm in an up I just don't want to spend the time on it, and when I'm really depressed I just can't get motivated. So... I shower every other day. Rain or shine, I force my sorry little butt in there. And I rarely miss or forget - and if i do, I'm one day off.)

It just requires picking out what sort of self-management you think will be the best to achieve.. and then working towards it.. and not giving up even if you don't succeed all the time.