i am the one that gets the contact your dr immediately side effects so i know how frustrating it is. it took me over 2 1/2 years to find the right meds. i was like you demanding new meds when i didnt like the side effects. haldol and topomax is what worked for me but i eventually got tartive dykenesia from the haldol. but it was working so well we just added artane to counteract it. i took buspar for the anxiety. i dont believe the mood stabilizers really address that. i took trileptal for awhile and it really amped it up. my doc gave me zoloft for anxiety and it sent me in to a mania with psychosis for two months. i got off the haldol and eventually started taking geodon as the booster. it would knock me out within twenty minutes of taking it but that stopped happening after a few months and then i could stay up all night again. i was allergic to saphris. and the others all had bad side effects. i hope something in here addresses you, at least the fact that you arent alone. the topomax took away most of the problem. i was a rapid cycler and it went down to 1 or 2 simple hypomanias a year. i read on her that there is testing now that can be done to determine which drugs will work for you. maybe ask your dr about it.