I rarely rapid cycle, especially ultradian. 2 days ago my pdoc discontinued Saphris and Lithium (both tapered first), and increased my Abilify to 6 mg. I'm also on 400 mg of Seroquel and 1 mg of Risperidone. Originally it was just going to be Abilify and Seroquel but I was having anxiety and the Risperidone helped.

I've been taking it all, consistently. The biggest symptom I've noticed since all this med tweaking started a month or so ago is constant fatigue. I'm exhausted and am going to bed at 9:30 or 10 at night, which is unusual - I like to go to bed around midnight.

For the past few days I've been increasingly creative, I write music and I've got three songs on the go right now - two solo and one choral. I haven't been able to write like this in years. Maybe not since my diagnosis.

And then about an hour after I took today's dose of Abilify, I started feeling hypomanic. Racing thoughts, markedly increased self esteem, hypersexuality, grandiosity. When I start getting thoughts that the music I'm listening to was written just for me, that's a warning sign. Also the thought that the music was as good as sex.

But it only lasted 2 hours. Crazily enough, I went to school, wrote my final exam, came home, and shortly after, I was fine again. I know some people here ultradian cycle, but I never have. I hope it's just a blip from the med changes. I'm kind of interested to see if it happens after I take my Abilify tomorrow, but at the same time, I'd really like to be functional just for a bit. Once again it's 10 and I'm about ready to go to bed. Sigh.