I'm glad you're not depressed anymore, at least, haha. I know what you mean; after a long time in the darkness you want the light. I think that it is interesting that abilify sent you into mania. I've never heard of it inducing mania, but it makes sense that it could because it has strong anti-depressant effects.

I can't tell you if you are coming down from the mania, or if it is just changing the way it presents itself. Sometimes mania is a high energy state with extreme irritability, rather than euphoria, as the key ingredient.

I can tell you this: if you find the right meds, you can go depression-free for a long long time. I didn't believe this, but then I found a good combination. I still got manic and I still got mixed states, but I haven't had any serious pure depression since Aug of 2012. And I never thought that I would get that lucky.

So keep trying! Your life is only going to go up from here.