I was diagnosed prior to pregnancy with bipolar ii. Because of this I made the decision not to breastfeed so that I could resume the meds that had previously worked for me as soon as the baby was born. Even so, I think I had some hypomania (hubby asked me how I could possibly manage to be so energetic on how little sleep I was getting). It did settle down after a while. From my reading, it is common for bp folks to experience such destabilization after pregnancy. That was one of the reasons I made the decision I did.

It sounds like what you are going through is so much worse, though. I just wanted to post to say that I think it is unfortunately common. Are you on meds now?

Please keep us updated. Good luck.

EJ