Hi, I take a mood stabilizer for bipolar. I have depressive bipolar.

When the med first started I noticed a lot of positive actions on my part. I kept my house nicer etc..

I feel like I'm slipping into depression but? I don't feel depressed? Necessarily? But I'm having trouble getting motivated etc. my house isn't as neat, for example.

I am literally terrified of sliding again. Is depression more than the *feeling*? Is it also diagnosed by action (inaction).

I did halve my med back about a week ago in order to break through a terrible brain fog. I'm also on a ketogenic diet about 2 weeks because that's been proven to help bipolar, and I didn't want to just oh and halve my med without doing something else to help make up for it.
(My doctor knows).
Is it possible what I'm feeling is absolutely normal?? I haven't slipped entirely, Ive just become a little too dependent on my med to numb me completely, which is why for my jobs sake I had to reduce the med. (I couldn't function). Thanks for reading this.