Since adding a mood stabilizer my moods became stable for several weeks-prior to that I was having a 2 day cycle that was pretty consistent-2 days ok, 2 days down, 2 days irritable, 2 days giddy then repeat. This week I've been hypomanic lots of exercise busy busy busy, racing thoughts & lot of mood changes. I saw my tdoc yesterday & am going to work toward keeping away from full blown mania by use of various coping skills. See my pdoc 2/9 & the plan is to discuss increasing Depakote a bit. Thanks for this thread-it lets me know I'm not alone in this battle & it's interesting to read the similarities & differences-take care all.