Hi! I'm Gloria. I'm new to this site and to Bipolar in general. Doctors have been telling me for 20 years that I was *just* depressed. Umm...how long does someone have to be *just* depressed before someone gets a clue? Oh, oh ...*waves hand in air*...20 years! Okay, so I'm a little bitter.

I started Abilify about three weeks ago...and it's been weird. I have very rarely had to stay home from work (got to love those high functioning-highly intelligent ones) because of my illness and now I'm on leave because of the medication. Is this normal for bipolar meds? Bipolar II?