i'm 68 yr. old female who was diagnosed bp2 more than 35 yrs. ago and do not have depression either and have never been hospitalized…have a lot of anxiety. was on a mere 450mg. of lithium daily for those 35 yrs. until it destroyed thyroid, had parathyroid removal surgery and most recently kidney issues so got off lithium. need 1/2 or entire 25mg. seroquel to sleep and stop the mind from racing and that seems to help keep me stable throughout the day. have been taking 1/2 klonopin daily for yrs. if anxiety gets worse throughout day, i'll take another 1/2 klonopin or 1/2 xanax which works faster.

i believe we all have different ranges of mania/depression regardless of what label the p/doc offers up, i.e. not being bp2 if u don't have depression. have been under different p/docs for all these yrs.