Early this year I was in a very deep depression so I concented to ECT. It certainly brought me out of the depression but a week later upon reintroducing Lithium I went into a hypomanic phase, which was a fun one but then I was normal for two weeks then depressed for a week then back to normal. I think the ECT reduced the severity of my depression but didn't touch the rapid cycling. At the moment I am feeling really off, like another episode is brewing and I'm despairing as I rarely stay normal for longer than a few weeks. I am really over it but will keep fighting to find a life worth living. I just had to have a winge. My current mood state is dark and intense and I feel really weird, it is hard to explain. I have just been taking extra Olanzapine(zyprexa) and clonazepam(klonpin) to manage and it is working well enough for the moment. I just know somethings off when my thoughts gets weird.

To the rapid cyclers out there, how do you cope with the constant mood shifts? Did anything help to stop them?