Wow, you've been through a lot lately. How are you doing now? Is the AP helping?

I started out with a BPII diagnosis too but it quickly was changed to 1, within a few months. I think that at first they were thinking the rapid cycling was the biggest issue and then time told them more than that was a big problem.

Going through all the ADs often is something that happens to people who are not diagnosed with bipolar but should be. I read once somewhere that after 3 ADs fail, especially if they work and then stop working rapidly, that the dr should immediately consider bipolar seriously but that this isn't widely known among drs, especially those who aren't psychiatrists. I have been on pretty much every AD that was out before 2009 except a couple that were either SSRIs which I absolutely cannot take or that were related to something that I'd had trouble with previously. I'm now on an MAOI called Emsam and have been for 6 years without any problems except that the dose needs to be cut back when I'm agitated.

Anyway, welcome to PC and hopefully you'll find lots of support here.