I know what you mean, I agree with trippin. we can only manage our symptoms through coping skills which is difficult at times. I have been up since 2 am it is now 3 am as I am writing to you, I cant sleep, I am fighting a cold I think, so I am taking cold remedies which to me aggravate my bipolar symptoms, some cold remedies would be like drinking loads of coffee , they speed me up, my h does not understand this, so I went to bed half depressed to my meds along with cough meds and now I am up hyper as heck, racing thoughts, dont know what to do, been like this for a week like a yo yo. Hang in there .